Between science's secretive, elitist past and open, accessible future
Wednesday, October 26, 2016 - 08:01
in Mathematics & Economics
An old tradition and a new technology have converged to make possible an unprecedented public good. The old tradition is the willingness of scientists and scholars to publish the fruits of their research in scholarly journals without payment, for the sake of inquiry and knowledge. The new technology is the internet. (Budapest Open Access Initiative, 2002)