Th e Ecl
ipse Fou ndation R e l
e ase s Eu ropa
Ju ne 27, O ttaw a
Eu ropa, consisting of 21 ope n sou rce
proje cts of th e Ecl
ipse Fou ndation,
re pre se nts
th e
Fou ndation's
l
arge st
coordinate d re l
e ase to date . As in th e
pre viou s th re e ye ars, Eu ropa w as re l
e ase d
on sch e du l
e - - a com m e ndab l
e fe at for a
re l
e ase containing m ore th an 17 m il
l
ion
l
ine s
of
code
and
com prise d
of
contrib u tions from ove r 300 de ve l
ope rs
in 19 diffe re nt cou ntrie s. O ve r 400,000
dow nl
oad re q u e sts w e re proce sse d for
Eu ropa proje cts in th e first w e e k . Th e
Fou ndation's pre ss re l
e ase contains th e
de tail
s
of
th e
proje cts
and
th e
te ch nol
ogical
fe atu re s in th is re l
e ase .
h ttp://w w w .e cl
ipse .org/org/pre ss-
re l
e ase /20070627_ e u ropare l
e ase .ph p
e Pre se nce Inte ractive M e dia Su m m e r
R e l
e ase
Ju ne 21, Toronto
O n Ju ne 21st e Pre se nce Inte ractive
M e dia, KM D I, U nive rsity of Toronto
annou nce d de tail
s for th e ne xt ve rsion of
th e e Pre se nce w e b casting syste m . D u e
ou t th is Au gu st, th e te am prom ise s v.4.0
w il
l
b e th e ir m ost e xciting re l
e ase to date !
(W atch th e arch ive of th e Ju ne 21st
annou nce m e nt). Not onl
y h ave th e y
ch ange d th e ir l
ice nsing strate gy
th e
e ntire syste m is b e ing re l
e ase d u nde r a
BSD l
ice nse for th e first tim e since
l
au nch ing th e proje ct 2 ye ars ago
e Pre se nce w il
l
b e th e w orl
d's first ope n
sou rce w e b casting and w e b confe re ncing
syste m . Th e Be ta ve rsion of 4.0 is
avail
ab l
e now on th e e Pre se nce b l
og.
w w w .e pre se nce .tv
Canadian Lib rary Association (CLA)
M ove s O pe n Acce ss
Ju ne 29
Th e CLA Exe cu tive Cou ncil
h as re vise d its
pol
icy in orde r to provide virtu al
l
y al
l
of
its inte l
l
e ctu al
prope rty onl
ine , fre e of
ch arge , and fre e of m ost copyrigh t and
l
ice nsing re strictions. A l
ink to th e
re com m e ndations from th e O pe n Acce ss
Task Force as w e l
l
as th e de tail
s of th e
re vise d pol
icy are avail
ab l
e in th e Ju ne
e dition of th e CLA D ige st:
h ttp://cl
a.inform z .ne t/cl
a/arch ive s/arch i
ve _ 155065.h tm l
CM AJ Congratu l
ate s O pe n M e dicine
Canada
Ju l
y 3, O ttaw a
Th e cu rre nt issu e of th e Canadian
M e dical
Association Jou rnal
contains a
pu b l
ic congratu l
ation to th e ir col
l
e agu e s
at
O pe n
M e dicine .
From
th e
com m e ntary: "W e w e l
com e th e arrival
of
a ne w ve nu e th at sh are s CM AJ's ob je ctive
of provid ing tim e l
y d isse m ination of
re se arch find ings and cl
inical
k now l
e d ge
to as b road a com m u nity as possib l
e . If
su cce ssfu l
, th is ne w jou rnal
w il
l
b e a
positive d e ve l
opm e nt for th e w orl
d in
ge ne ral
and Canad a in particu l
ar. W ith a
se cond ge ne ral
m e d ical
jou rnal
b ase d in
Canad a, ye t ope n to th e w orl
d , th e re is no
good re ason w h y Canad ian re se arch e rs,
w h o are w orl
d l
e ad e rs in scie ntific
prod u ctivity, sh ou l
d h ave to l
e ave h om e in
ord e r to find a su itab l
e m e d iu m for
d isse m ination of th e ir b e st w ork ."
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