Open Access Policy, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/General-Information/Open-Access-Policy

On January 1, 2015, the Open Access Policy of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will be effective for all new agreements. A two-year embargo will be in effect until January 1, 2017. This applies to Foundation funded research.

The five points of this agreement include the following:

1. Publications are discoverable and accessible online.
2. Publication will be on "Open Access: Terms.
3. Foundation will pay necessary fees.
4. Publications will be accessible and open immediately.
5. Data underlying published research results will be accessible and open immediately.

This is transformative, and should affect many information models.