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Push #Free #Software and #Open #Science for #Horizon2020, by Erik Albers

15 January 201723 January 2017 by Ellak-Editor

Summary: please help us to get the idea about the importance of Free Software as a condition for Open Science into the mind of stakeholders and decision-takers of the Horizon2020 program. You can do so by participating in the interim evaluation and re-using FSFE’s position paper. What came to my mind the first times that … Read more

There is no #OpenScience without the use of #OpenStandards and #FreeSoftware, by Erik Albers

11 January 201723 January 2017 by Ellak-Editor

Recently, the EU ministers responsible for research and innovation decided unanimously that by 2020, all results and scientific publications of publicly and publicly-private funded research must be freely available. This shall be ensured by the mandatory use of Open Access licenses that guarantee free access to publications. In addition “the data must be made accessible, … Read more