The scientific community builds upon open access and open information. Recalling the famous quote in a 1675 letter by Isaac Newton: “if I have seen further [than others], it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” The scientific community has built our collective knowledge of the world around us on the information shared by those who came before us, and that is still the case today.

Source: LXer – 6 articles to inspire open source sustainability in 2023