[GOAL] Re: Libre open access, copyright, patent law, and other intellectual property matters

2012-03-27 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
Yes, the functionality to build a search which crosses content with different permissions is something we want for society.  Currently, this is done through Google Scholar and various discovery tools which do just the search and don't process and hold content. The topic-specific database, like Me

[GOAL] Re: Libre open access, copyright, patent law, and other intellectual property matters

2012-03-27 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
hor decides if others can make money (by adding a > paywall, say) or not from derivative works based upon his or her work. > > ** ** > > Marc Couture > > ___ > GOAL mailing list > GOAL at eprints.org > http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal > > -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/pipermail/goal/attachments/20120327/6d0a5ec0/attachment.html

[GOAL] Fwd: Position on Public Access

2012-03-27 Thread Stevan Harnad
Bravo to Mike Rossner for his position statement in favor of OA mandate legislation. Everything he says is valid and true. (But it would be just as valid if it were said on behalf of the (far more realistic and demonstrable) need for "researcher access" as if it is said on behalf of the (rathe

[GOAL] Fwd: Position on Public Access

2012-03-27 Thread Stevan Harnad
Bravo to Mike Rossner for his position statement in favor of OA mandate legislation. Everything he says is valid and true. (But it would be just as valid if it were said on behalf of the (far more realistic and demonstrable) need for "researcher access" as if it is said on behalf of the (rathe