Re: Budapest Open Access Initiative

2002-02-18 Thread Stevan Harnad
On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 [identity removed] wrote: > Last round: > > I think the disparity between our points of view may be embodied in the > differences between the ways that universities and libraries work in the US > vs Europe (and most of the rest of the world). > > In most of the world, universit

Re: Budapest Open Access Initiative

2002-02-18 Thread Stevan Harnad
On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 [identity removed] wrote: > The real problem here is "cui bono," i.e., who benefits. I entirely agree! > Universities view themselves as collectors of wisdom for the purpose of > teaching, which they charge for (i.e, that is how they earn their living). They also pay for tha

Re: Moral rights in corrigenda

2002-02-18 Thread Stevan Harnad
On Mon, 18 Feb 2002, Chris Zielinski wrote: > The theory that authors could claim moral rights to corrigenda is fine, > but I think in practice it would not hold up. Typically, a final > canonical text arises as a result of a group effort including the author > and a "support team"; this effort is

Moral rights in corrigenda

2002-02-18 Thread Chris Zielinski
Stevan, The theory that authors could claim moral rights to corrigenda is fine, but I think in practice it would not hold up. Typically, a final canonical text arises as a result of a group effort including the author and a "support team"; this effort is traditionally ascribed to the author, as it

Re: "Copyleft" article in New Scientist

2002-02-18 Thread Bernard Lang
On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 11:00:27PM +, Stevan Harnad wrote: > On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Chris Zielinski wrote: > > Stevan Harnad wrote: > > > > > > [. . .] Apart from wanting to be > > > properly credited for its authorship (i.e., protected from plagiarism) > > > and to be ensured that the text is no

Information Today feature on BOAI - ASCII version

2002-02-18 Thread Stevan Harnad
-- Forwarded message -- List-Post: goal@eprints.org List-Post: goal@eprints.org Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 11:33:57 +0100 From: Darius Cuplinskas George Soros Gives $3 Million to New Open Access Initiative by Richard Poynder http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb020218-1.htm ---

BOAI Article on IlSole24Ore

2002-02-18 Thread Stevan Harnad
-- Forwarded message -- List-Post: goal@eprints.org List-Post: goal@eprints.org Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 11:27:25 +0100 From: Roberto Casati To: Stevan Harnad Subject: Article on IlSole24Ore Dear Stevan, I published the following on Italy's IlSole24Ore (leading economic newspa