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Openness by default
Straumsheim, Carl

PublishedJanuary 2017
PeriodicalEdition January 16, 2017, Volume 2017
PublisherInside Higher Ed

ABSTRACT
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation becomes the most recent grant-making organization to require recipients to make findings publicly available, a further shift toward transparency in research funding.

Keywords Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation · OER policy · open licensing policy · open textbooks

Other numberFebruary 09, 2017
RefereedDoes not apply
RightsCOPYRIGHT © 2017
URLhttps://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/01/16/gates-foundation-open-access-policy-goes-effect-joining-others
Access dateFebruary 09, 2017
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