[Geo4All] Open Letter on the Importance of scientific freedom and the public good

[Nestor Barrionuevo]

Agree with you.
Regards.
Nestor

El sáb., 24 de mar. de 2018 08:59, Suchith Anand <
Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk> escribió:

> Dear colleagues,
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> Scientific freedom is essential to the advancement of human knowledge for
> the benefit of all. Scientific freedom is the freedom to engage in
> scientific inquiry, pursue and apply knowledge, and communicate openly. Scientific
> freedom is considered to be an essential prerequisite for research
> independence and legitimacy. In times of alarming  increase in  fake news
> and marketing gimmicks , critical thinking is an important skill that is
> needed for everyone. Scientists and educators need to  champion values
> such as scientific freedom and the public good.
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> Vendors have huge money power and marketing/sales departments .I fully
> respect the rights of  GIS vendor owners to market their products.
> However, I am concerned to see now lot of marketing esp. using social media
> from some GIS vendors marketing their products as “The Science” . So it
> is important to understand the proofs and scientific reasons on why any
> specific proprietary GIS product is being marketed as  “The science”?  Last
> year I asked the question on “Is Geographic Information Science
> proprietary ?". I am still waiting for proof and scientific reasons to help
> me understand why any specific proprietary GIS product is marketed as “The
> science”?
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> I am just an individual  scientist. But I believe that the individual
> scientific freedom includes freedom of expression for scientists and
> educators. I believe Science is a public good and quality education
> opportunities should be open and accessible for everyone.
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> In my humble opinion, Science is not any specific GIS tools! (proprietary
> or open source).  Any proprietary GIS vendor owners doing sales/marketing
> of any proprietary GIS products as “The Science” is either just joking  :
> -) or  misleading  customers!    Geographic Information Science is not
> “owned “by any GIS vendor owners!
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> I will keep working  to reduce the digital divide and contribute to
> building up Open Knowledge for the benefit of all humanity, with special
> effort to enlighten future generations. I will contribute my service for
> the betterment of all humanity using the guiding principles of the United
> Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in building a better world
> for everyone. I will work to advance and increase Open Knowledge for the
> benefit of all humanity with special consideration of those less fortunate. I
> will be a voice for Open Principles in Science and Education.
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> Let us all work to make sure Science and Education is Open for our future
> generations…
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> Best wishes,
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> Suchith
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> Dr. Suchith Anand
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> http://www.geoforall.org/
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