Commentary: NIH?
What is the NIH Public Access policy? How does the distinction between "Open" and "Free" play out in this realm? What parallels and contrasts do you see with respect to software?
The Director of the National Institutes of Health shall require that all investigators funded by the NIH submit or have submitted for them to the National Library of Medicine’s PubMed Central an electronic version of their final, peer-reviewed manuscripts upon acceptance for publication, to be made publicly available no later than 12 months after the official date of publication: Provided, That the NIH shall implement the public access policy in a manner consistent with copyright law.
NIH Public Access Policy requires documents of National Institute of Health to be publicly available within 12 months after publishing. This idea is stem from the freedom of speech which includes the right to know. In the case of free/open software, source codes are available from the beginning.
--Mikio. 12:14, 3 Sep 2008.
