Re: [Fsfe-uk] Public money and freedom

[Philip Hunt]

On Sunday 14 December 2003  3:44 am, Ramanan Selvaratnam wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Although not strictly software related I thought this will add one more
> to the contact list of MPs who are for freedoms associated with
> technologies.
>
> http://www.biomedcentral.com/news/20031212/06
>
> Labour MP Ian Gibson, who chairs the committee (House of Commons Science
> and Technology Committee) says
>
> ?If research is funded by public money, then it should be available to
> the public for free,?
>
> I know it is easy read between the lines but clearly there is positive
> sentiments and direct addressing of very related (to software) issues.

I sent him an email saying I agreed with him and asking if he's
aware of PLoS (Public Library of Science - http://www.plos.org/)
who do open-content peer reviewed science journals.

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Phil Hunt, address@hidden