Having feasted on Kent Anderson's anti-OA, anti-eLife and anti-PMC views,
thanks to Richard Poynder's interview, the gold OA pack are now descending on
Nature for having the temerity to charge a higher price for CC-BY OA than for,
say, CC-BY-NC-ND
What's wrong with a high quality, peer-reviewed RCUK-funded article
appearing in a 'faceless' journal with the word 'Open' in it?
If the traditional publishers won't allow CC BY for a reasonable price then
of course new 'faceless' entrants will offer more value for money gold OA
venues of
Anything other than CC-BY (or CC-zero) cannot really be regarded as open
access. Ajar, maybe, with the chain still on, for a peek, but strictly no
touch. The idea of colours and flavours and pigeon-holing OA advocates in
'gold-OA packs' or 'green-OA' packs is best ignored.
As regards Nature,
On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 8:21 AM, Jan Velterop velte...@gmail.com wrote:
Anything other than CC-BY (or CC-zero) cannot really be regarded as open
access. Ajar, maybe, with the chain still on, for a peek, but strictly no
touch. The idea of colours and flavours and pigeon-holing OA advocates in
