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Creative Commons For Science

Posted by timothy on from the piper-payers-ask-to-call-tune dept.

chrisspurgeon writes "The folks at Creative Commons are rolling out a new project aimed at improving the dissemination of scientific publications and data. The National Institutes of Health is already proposing mandated Open Access to all NIH-funded research, and many scientists welcome the free redistribution of their papers, they just don't know the legal details of how to do it. The Science Commons project will take on the copyright problems unique to scientists (things like pre and post prints, and electronic vs. paper journal distribution)."

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  1. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp?

  2. Man. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I've been having a real shitty day, and it's only 8:13am. Expect a lot of shit quality posts today.

  3. Astrologists, paranormal researchers surrender! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    No, not really.

  4. Re: yer sig by aristus · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    What part of "well regulated Militia" don't you understand?

    Why, that's right! Amend II is self-contradictory. Is that why every gun-nut conveniently forgets the first half of it?

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  5. YOU fAIL IT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    anda distrAction

  6. Re: yer sig by nurb432 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Moron. Read your history books. For a brief, targeted lesson, read the part of my journal that applies to this subject.

    Hopefully it wont be too far above your head.

    However, the short version is that the 'militia' by definition excludes all PROFESSIONAL ARMIES and their members. In other words, THE PRIVATE CITIZENS are the militia.. Even you, dear citizen, belong to the militia as defined in the time of our founding fathers. No 'modernized' definition may apply.

    Oh, and mini lesson 2: "Well regulated" as defined in their time also, meant 'well trained'. It does not mean regulated by encumbered laws designed to restrict ( remove ) citizens rights as defined, and twist the original intentions.

    So a person that defends his rights is called a 'gun nut'? What do you call a person that believes in, and defends his right to free speech?

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