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Wednesday, July 05, 2006

Rio Declaration on Open Access

Participants in the iCommons iSummit for 2006 (Rio de Janeiro, June 23-25, 2006) asked the iCommons board to sign the Budapest and Berlin declarations. They also launched a wiki-based Rio Declaration on Open Access, whose language is still evolving.

PS: The draft declaration is already off to a good start, basing its definition on the BOAI (rather than starting over from scratch) and focusing on promotion, implementation, and resources. If you have any suggestions, which the sponsors prefer to direct edits, post them before July 13.

Update. iCommons also has wiki-based draft declarations on DRM and the Broadcast Treaty.