From Jim Bessen" <jbessen@researchoninnovation.org  Wed Sep 26 00:54:42 2001
From: Jim Bessen" <jbessen@researchoninnovation.org (Jim Bessen)
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 19:54:42 -0400
Subject: [Patents] open science and open source
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Paul David, the well-known economic historian (Stanford and Oxford), has =
written an interesting piece about EC intellectual property activity =
(especially the database directive) and scientific research. He draws an =
analogy between open science and open software. Check out:

"Will Building 'Good Fences' Really Make 'Good Neighbors' in Science? "
at http://www-econ.stanford.edu/faculty/workp/swp01005.html.

Also of interest, a paper on the historical origins of open science,
>From Keeping 'Nature's Secrets' to the Institutionalization of 'Open =
Science'=20
http://www-econ.stanford.edu/faculty/workp/swp01006.html

and also one on database IPR
The Digital Technology Boomerang: New Intellectual Property Rights =
Threaten Global "Open Science"=20
http://www-econ.stanford.edu/faculty/workp/swp00016.html

Jim Bessen

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