Creative Commons 'non-commercial' licenses impede the re-use of biodiversity information
Thursday, December 1, 2011 - 11:31
in Earth & Climate
Open access to information about biodiversity is of crucial importance to society, directly affecting areas such as conservation and climate change research and education. "Non-Commercial" restrictions on the reuse of this information are a major barrier to addressing these problems, says a review paper published in the open access journal ZooKeys.