CVSROOT: /webcvs/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Richard M. Stallman <rms> 12/02/14 17:39:35
Modified files:
philosophy : push-copyright-aside.html
Log message:
Update the notes at the end.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/push-copyright-aside.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.22&r2=1.23
Patches:
Index: push-copyright-aside.html
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RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/philosophy/push-copyright-aside.html,v
retrieving revision 1.22
retrieving revision 1.23
diff -u -b -r1.22 -r1.23
--- push-copyright-aside.html 21 Jan 2012 13:25:49 -0000 1.22
+++ push-copyright-aside.html 14 Feb 2012 17:39:28 -0000 1.23
@@ -112,24 +112,26 @@
<p>Some universities have adopted policies to thwart the journal
publishers' power. For instance, here is MIT's.<br/>
<a
href="http://info-libraries.mit.edu/scholarly/mit-open-access/open-access-at-mit/mit-open-access-policy/";>http://info-libraries.mit.edu/scholarly/mit-open-access/open-access-at-mit/mit-open-access-policy/</a>.
-Stronger policies are needed, however.</p>
+Stronger policies are needed, however, as this one permits individual
+authors to "opt out" (i.e., cave in).</p>
-<p>The US government has imposed a requirement known as "open access"
-on some funded research. This requires publication within a certain
-period in a site that allows anyone to view the article. This
+<p>The US government has imposed a requirement known as "public
+access" on some funded research. This requires publication within a
+certain period in a site that allows anyone to view the article. This
requirement is a positive step, but inadequate because it does not
include freedom to redistribute the article.</p>
-<p>Curiously, the concept of "open access" earlier (in the Budapest
-Declaration) did include freedom to redistribute. I signed that
+<p>Curiously, the concept of "open access" in the 2002 Budapest Open
+Access Initiative did include freedom to redistribute. I signed that
declaration, despite my distaste for the word "open", because the
substance of the position was right.</p>
-<p>However, the word "open" had the last laugh: freedom to
-redistribute was subsequently dropped from that campaign. I stand by
-the position of the <a href="http://www.soros.org/openaccess";>Budapest
Declaration</a>, but now that "open access"
-means something else, I refer to it as "freely redistributable
-publication".</p>
+<p>However, the word "open" had the last laugh: influential
+campaigners for "open access" subsequently dropped freedom to
+redistribute from their goals. I stand by the position of
+the <a href="http://www.soros.org/openaccess";>BOAI</a>, but now that
+"open access" means something else, I refer to it as "redistributable
+publication" or "free-to-mirror publication".</p>
</div>
@@ -154,7 +156,7 @@
</p>
<p>
-Copyright © 2001 Richard M. Stallman
+Copyright © 2001, 2012 Richard M. Stallman
<br />
This page is licensed under a <a rel="license"
href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/us/";>Creative
@@ -164,7 +166,7 @@
<p>
Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2012/01/21 13:25:49 $
+$Date: 2012/02/14 17:39:28 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
