[Open-access] An anti-RWA bill

Mon Jan 30 20:50:42 UTC 2012

On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 20:36, Mike Taylor <mike at indexdata.com> wrote:

> Assuming that the current round of revolt against the RWA is
> successful, the same will be the case with respect to academic
> publishing.  I find myself thinking that rather that fighting a
> rearguard action, we should be taking the battle to the publishers.  I
> would like to see a movement to get rid of the NIH's twelve-month
> grace period before the articles it funds are posted at PubMed
> Central.

Or to broaden it: pass an act requiring all federally-funded research
papers to be open access.
-- 
Nick Barnes, Climate Code Foundation, http://climatecode.org/