[free-sklyarov] OT: Paying For Content

[Jon O .]

There is currently a boycott going on about this very issue:

http://www.publiclibraryofscience.org/

Declaring Independence:
http://www.arl.org/sparc/DI/

They are asking that the corporate science journals release the
articles free to the public after 6 months.

They have created a structure for Scientists to release their works
in an organized and public fashion:

http://www.openarchives.org


Check them out ;).



On 10-Sep-2001, James S. Huggins (Free Sklyarov) wrote:
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> Many newspapers offer current content for free, but charge for archive.
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> Science Magazine is bucking the trend.
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> It is now charging for online access to current content, but after 1 year,
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> http://www.ScienceMag.org
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> James S. Huggins
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