Via the Digital Humanities blog, I learn that George Mason University has released a statement strongly defending the Zotero project, which is under attack by Thomson Reuters, proprietor of EndNote. My earlier post on the EndNote/Zotero lawsuit is here.
This is a good thing, as Martha Stewart might say. The role of universities in the IP ecology bears continued scrutiny, and not just because of the Bayh Dole statute and university technology transfer offices..