[GOAL] Re: [Open-access] Re: Submission to ICAR on its Open Access Policy 2013 Draft

2013-05-20 Thread Mike Taylor
Thanks, Sridhar. For what it's worth, I endorse your far-sighted preference for the CC BY licence over the more restrictive alternatives. The NC clause certain can sing a siren song -- I've been seduced by it myself in the past -- but informed voices are all but unanimous that plain CC BY is best

[GOAL] Re: [Open-access] Hitler, Mother Teresa, and Coke

2012-11-06 Thread Mike Taylor
On 6 November 2012 03:32, Eric F. Van de Velde eric.f.vandeve...@gmail.com wrote: Publishers are manipulative capitalists who extort academia by holding hostage the research papers they stole from helpless scholars on a mission to save the world. This Hitler vs. Mother Teresa narrative is