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But, considering this research is tax-funded (that includes my taxes), shouldn't I, a funder of this research, be allowed to access the raw results?
by vowelless 13y ago
But, considering this research is tax-funded (that includes my taxes), shouldn't I, a funder of this research, be allowed to access the raw results?
- seanherron 13y ago(disclaimer - I'm a former NASA contractor and current federal employee, though not at NASA) Yes - and, in fact, the Administration released a memo on this topic earlier this year ("Increasing Access to the Results of Federally Funded Scientific Research" - http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/ostp_public_access_memo_2013.pdf http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ost...). However, each agency is responsible for developing their own individual plan on how to carry this out, and I don't believe NASA's has been published yet.
- Helianthus 13y agoThere is a balance between accessing raw results and everyone accessing the means by which those raw results are accessed. I say this as an Information Wants To Be Free t-shirt wearer. No one hates someone who holds something if they know the holding of it is something everyone wants.
- kamjam 13y agoBut why should I, as a non-American, have access to that same data? Or this documents made free in the OP?
- chii 13y agothe fact is, as a non-tax paying non-american you don't have the privilege to access it, but for the "generosity" of the US Gov't (and the fact that enforcing copyright for these things is both costly and not worthwhile).