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Creative Commons -- Now With More Science

Posted by timothy on from the near-infinite-library dept.

The Importance of writes "Yesterday, Creative Commons announced the launch of 'the Science Commons exploratory phase.' This may eventually become a sister organization of Creative Commons that 'will delve into both legal areas (patents, data) and subject matter (biomedicine) outside the scope of [the] current organization.' In related news, the open access science publisher, BioMed Central, has adopted CC's 'attribution license' for their over 100 peer-reviewed journals."

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  1. Obligatory Homestar Reference by Romothecus · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    strong sad + caffeine = SCIENCE