If you're following the current controversy about Richard Clarke's book, then you'll be interested in the OA connection. When he was Cybersecurity Czar, he was the only official in the Bush administration willing to say in public that the DMCA was stifling scientific research, especially into cryptography and computer security, and should be revised. Back in October 2002, when he made his views known, I blogged this comment: "It's not really surprising that someone charged with homeland security would call for the freedom to publish computer security research. But it does break the pattern we've seen since 9/11 in which the executive and legislative branches of government one-sidedly view academic freedom more as a threat than a support to national security."
Posted by
Peter Suber at 3/28/2004 12:11:00 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.
