On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 2:00 AM, Brown, Alexander, Springer US < alexander.br...@springer-sbm.com> wrote:
> *Contact: *Eric Merkel-Sobotta | tel.: +49 30 827 87 54 34 | > eric.merkel-sobo...@springer.com** > > * * > > *PRESS RELEASE* > > ** ** > > *Springer now publishing Open Access books***** > > ** ** > > *SpringerOpen Books launched at Beijing International Book Fair* > > ** ** > > Beijing/New York, 29 August 2012**** > > ** ** > > Springer is expanding its open access (OA) program by offering a fully > open access option for books, > I and many others do not regard this as "FULLY open access". > The copyright for the entire open access book including every chapter > remains with the editor/author. SpringerOpen books are published under the > Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial (CC BY-NC) license. > > This facilitates the open distribution and the free re-use and sharing of > the work for non-commercial purposes, as long as the authors/editors are > properly attributed.**** > > CC-NC is not compatible with BOAI. It is therefore, at best, "partial open access". -- Peter Murray-Rust Reader in Molecular Informatics Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry University of Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK +44-1223-763069
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