On 16 Jul 2002 15:21:58 +0300 Oleg Goldshmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What do you mean? The funding sources are the same as always. What I mean, is that the "private" part of funding is gradually becoming more prominent. > > 2. More importantly, as academic institutions are striving to make > > more money by selling their discoveries, > > What are you talking about? I am talking about selling the "IP rights" they gain from patents to the industry. Although this always existed, the big "land grab" taken by patents everywhere (not just in academia) changed the picture a lot. Releasing research information to the public is now a "profit loss" to the university, and it may prevent its free release. Just as an example, you may like to read: http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/01/04/university_open_source/index.html ---------------------------------------------------------------- Oron Peled Voice/Fax: +972-4-8228492 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.actcom.co.il/~oron Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the universe is winning. -- Rick Cook, Mission Manager, NASA Mars Pathfinder Project
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