• Alan #Turing's Second World War research papers released online
    http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/705.htm

    To commemorate the centenary of of Alan Turing’s birth, GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters) has released two of his mathematical research papers, believed to have been written at Bletchley Park during the Second World War, to The National Archives. These records are now available to download.

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    • Ils essaient de récupérer l’argent qu’ils ont dépensé pour numériser les documents. Ce n’est donc pas tellement un problème de droit d’auteur mais une idée de l’état qui doit fonctionner comme une entreprise privée qui pose problème.

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