"Alchemists turned into chemists when they stopped keeping secrets." -- Eric S. Raymond Open Science (in the publishing sense) used to be fringe just a decade

"Alchemists turned into chemists when they stopped keeping secrets." -- Eric S. Raymond Open Science (in the publishing sense) used to be fringe just a decade ago. It's very much mainstream now. Open Data will be a much tougher (and long-term) battle, but it's inevitable.