This looks pretty substantial:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/ostp_public_access_memo_2013.pdf
The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) hereby directs
each Federal agency with over $100 million in annual conduct of
research and development expenditures to
Looks like a US version of the UK's plan described at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17921442, which Jimmy was rather
involved in!
Excellent news for the US if it goes ahead.
Richard Symonds
Wikimedia UK
0207 065 0992
Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England
The US and UK plans may be similar in how they affect Wikimedia
projects in that both make more research publications free to read,
but they differ in numerous details (e.g. on whether the publications
- and what versions thereof - should be freely available from the
publisher or from a
On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 2:33 PM, James Salsman jsals...@gmail.com wrote:
This looks pretty substantial:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/ostp_public_access_memo_2013.pdf
The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) hereby directs
each Federal agency with
