Re: [GOAL] COVID IP waiver request: interesting but not entirely informed?

2021-09-02 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Il 01/09/21 23:25, Heather Morrison ha scritto: > The WHO letter mentions but does not request what I suggest is a more likely > approach to avoiding IP interference with addressing the pandemic in the > short term: compulsory licensing. This is the official reason used by the EU to block the wa

[GOAL] Job opening: build green OA with Dissemin at ENS/Paris

2021-05-06 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
CAUTION: This e-mail originated outside the University of Southampton. Nice opportunity for OA, Python, PostgreSQL and bibliographic dataset enthusiasts! https://team.inria.fr/valda/engineer-position-in-the-valda-team/ In my opinion an excellent example of public investment in free software infr

Re: [GOAL] [SCHOLCOMM] Fostering Bibliodiversity in Scholarly Communications: A Call for Action

2020-04-21 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
David Wojick, 21/04/20 21:52: > I dislike metaphors in reasoning but in the travel case the publishers are > more like the official who approves your visa to enter their country, for a > fee. Not really, more like the taxi driver of a taxi cartel which for some reason is the only connection to