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It will change regularly. <br><br> <b><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20010720132718/http://www.publiclibraryofscience.org/">Public Library of Science</a></b><br> <i>"We believe that the permanent, archival record of scientific research and ideas should neither be owned nor controlled by publishers, but should belong to the public, and should be made freely available. <p>We support the establishment of international online public libraries of science that contain the complete text of all published scientific articles in searchable and interlinked formats."</i><br><br> -- from the Public Library of Science website. <br><br> If you are an academic, please consider visiting the library website and signing their <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20010720132718/http://www.publiclibraryofscience.org/plosLetter.htm">open letter</a> to academic publishers. </blockquote> </td></tr></table> </td></tr></table> <br> <table bgcolor="#000000" border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2" width="99%"><tr><td> <table bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"><tr><td bgcolor="#a2b5cd" valign="middle"> <font color="#a2b5cd" size="+1">|</font> <font face="arial, helvetica" size="-1" color="white"><b>ABOUT OPENCONTENT...</b></font></td></tr> </td></tr><tr><td> <tr><td> <br> <blockquote> <font face="arial, helvetica" size="-1"> OpenContent's only excuse for existing is to "facilitate the prolific creation of freely available, high-quality, well-maintained Content." This Content can then be used in an infinity of ways, restricted only by the imagination of the user. One of the most significant uses may be supporting instruction and helping people learn. 'What is content?', you ask. Content is just about anything that isn't executable. If you're interested in freely sharing your software, visit <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20010720132718/http://www.opensource.org/">the Open Source Initiative</a> or the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20010720132718/http://www.fsf.org/">the Free Software Foundation</a>. If you're interested in freely sharing content, read on. <br><br> OpenContent is freely available for modification, use, and redistribution under a <a href="./opl.shtml">license</a> similar to those used by the Open Source / Free Software community. In plain English, the license relieves the author of any liability or implication of warranty, grants others permission to use the Content in whole or in part, and insures that the original author will be properly credited when Content is used. It also grants others permission to modify and redistribute the Content if they clearly mark what changes have been made, when they were made, and who made them. Finally, the license insures that if someone else bases a work on OpenContent, that the resultant work will be made available as OpenContent as well. </blockquote> </td></tr></table> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> <tr><td align="center"> <font face="arial, helvetica" size="-1"> <center> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20010720132718/http://opencontent.org/index.shtml">Home</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20010720132718/http://opencontent.org/opl.shtml">Open Content License v1.0</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20010720132718/http://opencontent.org/openpub/">Open Publication License v1.0</a> <br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20010720132718/http://wiley.byu.edu/opencontent/">Content Database</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20010720132718/http://opencontent.org/bazaar.shtml">Open Source Content Development</a> |   <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20010720132718/mailto:dw2@opencontent.org">Questions and Feedback</a> </font> <br><br> <img src="/web/20010720132718im_/http://opencontent.org/banner.jpg" alt="OpenContent"> </center> </td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>