[Open-access] SSRN Paper from Google Policy Unit

Wed Jul 18 12:57:01 UTC 2012

On 18 July 2012 13:54, Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>> Hi Cameron,
>>
>> Thanks. The paper now checks as CC-BY 3.0 !!
>
> I think many repositories ritually add CC-NC because they think it's the
> right thing to do.

This is spot on. I think a lot of us have so fully absorbed the BOAI
that we've forgotten what a tremendously seductive idea an NC clause
is to people coming to open access for the first time. Sorting that
out is going to be one activities of the next five years. (In Britain,
UKRC's new policy is going to be a big help.)

-- Mike.