[Open-access] Rounded Globe: scholarly essays with a CC license

Wed Mar 11 22:15:54 UTC 2015

That FAQ is certainly worth reading in full: it's been tagged openaccess,
literature, ebooks, and—rare accolade—cool, here in Cabinet Beezer.

May their pamphlets be much seeded in the torrents!

Regards to all,

D.

2015-03-11 9:38 GMT+01:00 Richard Poynder <ricky at richardpoynder.co.uk>:

> Peter Murray-Rust <peter.murray.rust at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> Secondly I argue strongly against the use of "published under a CC
> licence" (this is common with many publishers.  CC licences cover many
> licences including effectively "all rights reserved". In many cases the
> phrase is used to suggest that the publisher is aligned with Open Access
> principles such as BOAI. It is not clear what your CC licence/s are, but
> from reading the text there seems to be at least CC-BY-NC-ND, which many
> people conside a fairly restrictive licence. I am not saying you should or
> shouldn't use that licence but you SHOULD identify it on the landing page
> and remove any implication that CC supports this project (if it doesn't)
>
> Yes, it would help if the licence used was made clear on the landing page,
> but the Rounded Globe is perfectly entitled to use the CC-BY-NC-ND licence
> if that is what the authors prefer. Moreover, the FAQ does say:
>
>
>
> *Are you part of the Open Access movement?*
>
> No. Open Access tends to be advocated by those within the academic system
> who believe that *research should be available to all*. This is all well
> and good. But *we operate outside the universities* and find most
> research indigestible. Rather than campaigning to make all publications in
> the humanities public we work to put the best of it into circulation.
>
>
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