Thomas Goetz, Open Source Everywhere, Wired Magazine, November 2003. Starting with open-source software, Goetz examines kindred movements across the landscape of the intellectual commons and gift culture, including a short look at the open-access movement as represented by Mike Eisen of PLoS. A brief but welcome look at open access in a wider context by a mainstream magazine.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 11/10/2003 04:10:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.