A discussion of open access has emerged on Slashdot, triggered by the Nature OA debate. The good news is that there are a lot of postings pro and con, and the pro postings show a lot of enthusiasm. The bad news is that many of the postings are by people new to the concept who are repeating old misunderstandings. No one will have time to correct them all, so I settled for a few links for those willing to read further. If you can, please help out by correcting some mistaken ideas, answering some objections, or pointing to some good information.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 6/09/2004 10:58:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
