[Open-access] How to Block Readcube and Why

Fri Mar 20 10:18:04 UTC 2015

On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 10:02 AM, Ross Mounce <ross.mounce at gmail.com> wrote:

> I wouldn't get quite that excited.
>

I am still concerned.

The Open Definition and the OD Advisory Board are concerned with access
methods and formats as well as licences. Putting a CC-BY document behind a
DRM access would not meet the conditions. Yes, it's possible to copy the
CC-BY material and then repost it elsewhere and it might just meet the
letter of the law but not the spirit.

And this is a rapid descent into a proprietary non-open infrastructure
where "Open" may be increasingly difficult.

-- 
Peter Murray-Rust
Reader in Molecular Informatics
Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry
University of Cambridge
CB2 1EW, UK
+44-1223-763069
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