The Unacknowledged Convergence of Open Source, Open Access, and Open Science

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. John Willinsky: The Unacknowledged Convergence of Open Source, Open Access, and Open Science, First Monday September 27, 2005
The author discusses open source, open content and open access under the heading of three principles ("the price of admission matters","penness has been traditionally supported by various forms of patronage," and "open alternatives to intellectual property regimes still operate") with the intent of identifying, and encouraging people to address, the common ground unifying these three movements: "a common commitment to a larger public sphere. More...