It's more of a chicken-and-egg problem I guess; it's the same with E.U. grants
and local science grants over here (Poland) -- the government funds some
projects, but who if not us funds the government? I am a strong believer that
the results of public grants should be open and available for everyone. Maybe
I'm idealistic though.
Fingers crossed it will work out as expected.
Dawid
Obviously, I hope the result is positive, but I don't know if precluding
open source is against their mission. After all, I do understand that
it takes time and money to create these collections and that should be
valued. By the same token, it is the Federal government that is
sponsoring the competition and doing a lot of the work, so it seems one
could argue for making a collection that is free from copyright
restrictions so that anyone can participate. It is a tricky issue,
however, so we can hope for the best.
I will wait a couple more days to solicit comments and then submit it to
the appropriate people at NIST.
-Grant
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