[Open-access] how open is it

Tue Sep 25 18:54:22 UTC 2012

Some quick answers:

Yes this is the first step in what I've been talking to some of you about for the past several months.

On 25 Sep 2012, at 19:03, Jonathan Gray wrote:

>  * "Generous reuse & remixing rights (CC-BY license)" - The allusion
> to CC-BY is helpful, but it would also be good if this box explicitly
> mentioned OpenDefinition.org as a standard for fully open licenses -
> e.g. for cases where there may be bespoke or custom licenses.

Without wishing to re-open old wounds, the OpenDefinition isn't really appropriate in this context as it isn't strong enough as a definition for interoperability of bespoke licences. We're adopting the BOAI original definition alongside the recommendations of BOAI10 here that CC-BY is best practice (for journal *articles*...not really referring strongly to data here) ie share-alike is not "open enough" in this domain.

But feel free to comment!

Cheers

Cameron

> J.
> 
> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 6:54 PM, Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 4:53 PM, Tom Olijhoek <tom.olijhoek at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> A very important announcement I think
>>> 
>>> judge for yourself
>>> 
>>> http://www.arl.org/sparc/media/HowOpenIsIt.shtml
>> 
>> 
>> YES. It's about time something like this happened - SPARC has been quiet and
>> I look to them for some guidance. I haven't read the booklet, but comment on
>> the abstract
>> 
>> 
>> • Move the conversation from “Is It Open Access?” to “How Open Is It?”
>> • Clarify the definition of OA
>> • Standardize terminology
>> • Illustrate a continuum of “more open” versus “less open”
>> • Enable people to compare and contrast publications and policies
>> • Broaden the understanding of OA to a wider audience
>> 
>> These are all critical. Until recently there was nowhere they could be
>> discussed without the discussion being destroyed.
>> 
>> But now we have OKF open-access !!
>> 
>> Let's offer this organ to the world and let's finally try to get a decent
>> discussion going.
>> 
>> P.
>> 
>>> 
>>> TOM
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