A year ago (2007 April 04) the European Commission set out its views on
improving knowledge transfer between research organisations and businesses
[1] and it sent those views to the European Council et al [2]. It also
published a colourful pdf on the subject [3].
Today (2008 April 03) the Commission has "adopted Recommendations including
a Code of Practice on the management of Intellectual Property" [4].
The 2007 pdf said
... Various 'creative commons' approaches (open access, open publications,
open software~E) are increasingly endorsed by many universities. These
mechanisms can ensure a more effective dissemination of results (...)
(Section 2.2, page 10)
The 2007 pdf continues ([3])
... it may be appropriate to revisit in the near future the question of a
single European ownership model for publicly funded research. **
I think that this was Eurospeak for
... we are currently preparing a new EC document on publicly funded research.
If, dear reader, you are able to attend the Commission's Technical Briefing
next week in Bruxelles [4], it would be nice if you could go along, and
report back to this list.
You know what to ask.
N Miradon
** The same wording was used by Dr K. Torbjörn Ingemansson of the
Commissions Division for Health Research, at a presentation in Brussels last
September [5].