Apologies, the URL lacked a “.” It should have been Paid Gold OA Versus Free Gold OA: Against Color Cacophony <http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/1003-.html> (2013)
(Although Hélène’s was an under-estimate, it was not quite as great an under-estimate as that!) SH > On Aug 19, 2015, at 9:21 AM, Hélène.Bosc <hbosc-tcher...@orange.fr> wrote: > > Looking at the graphs that are in Paid Gold OA Versus Free Gold OA: Against > Color Cacophony <http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/1003-html> > I see that I was really under the truth when I said in my previous message > of the 15th August that OA f > ree, colored and hightly precious terminology has been discussed more than > 100 times . > I should have said : " 1000 times"! > Hélène Bosc >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Stevan Harnad <mailto:amscifo...@gmail.com> >> To: Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci) <mailto:goal@eprints.org> >> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 1:42 PM >> Subject: [GOAL] OA Provision vs. OA Semiology >> >> The purpose of terminology and definitions is to clarify and simplify their >> referents. >> >> The BBB description of OA, based on the first B in 2002 >> <http://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/read>, was updated in 2008 >> <http://legacy.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2008/08/greengold-oa-and-gratislibre-oa.html> >> to distinguish Green >> from Gold OA and Gratis from Libre OA, exactly along the lines described: >> >> See also: >> >>> On "Diamond OA," "Platinum OA," "Titanium OA," and "Overlay-Journal OA," >>> Again <http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/993-.html>and >>> Paid Gold OA Versus Free Gold OA: Against Color Cacophony >>> <http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/1003-html> (2013) >> >> And, to repeat: >> >>>> There is no "Platinum" OA. OA is about access, not about funding mechanisms >>>> (of which there are three: subscription fee, publication fee, or subsidy >>>> [the latter not to be confused with "gratis"]) >>>> >>>> After at least a decade and a half I think it would be a good idea to stop >>>> fussing about what >>>> to call it, and focus instead on providing it... >> >> >> Stevan Harnad
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