[open-bibliography] introduction
Dan Matei
dan at cimec.ro
Tue Jun 29 15:11:11 UTC 2010
> -----Original Message-----
> From: open-bibliography-bounces at lists.okfn.org
> [mailto:open-bibliography-bounces at lists.okfn.org] On Behalf
> Of John Mark Ockerbloom
>
> If your concern is simply "but somebody else might profit
> from our own work!"
> my answer is: "Yes. Why is that a problem? Your users *now*
> profit, hopefully, from what they learn in your libraries.
> You don't demand a cut of profits from what they develop as a
> result of what they read, or demand that they can't
> commercially use what they learn from your books. Rather,
> isn't giving readers access to your materials so that they
> can 'profit' your *purpose*?"
Right !
Imagine also NC on a public road...
Dan Matei
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