*context weblog  http://straddle3.net/context/ publish third issue of context series. The subject is "Science Commons" that refers to some significant developments related with the free flow of knowledge in the shared on-line environment.

"Today, whilst unprecedented advances in the sciences are foreseen, there is need for a vigorous and informed democratic debate on the production and use of scientific knowledge... The information and communication revolution offers new and more effective means of exchanging scientific knowledge and advancing education and research... The use of information and communication technology, particularly through networking, is to be expanded as a means to promote the free flow of knowledge. At the same time, care must be taken to ensure that the use of these technologies does not lead to a denial or restriction of the richness of the various cultures and means of expression," explains the Declaration on science and the use of scientific knowledge, adopted in the World Conference on Science, jointly organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) and the International Council for Science (ICSU). >from *Science for the Twenty-first Century: a New Commitment*, july 1, 1999.