[open-science] open access perils? (#RIP @aaronscwarz)

Mon Jan 14 19:08:34 UTC 2013

Hi All

Thanks for this discussion, great to see some strong debate! There are
definitely points that we won't resolve or agree on here and I think the
discussion about Aaron Swartz is of wider open knowledge interest, so it
may be of benefit to move the discussion to a more general forum than the
open science list.

Jonathan Gray has published a post about Aaron Swartz on the main OKFN blog
and I'm sure any comments you wish to leave there would be welcomed
http://blog.okfn.org/2013/01/14/goodbye-aaron-swartz-and-long-live-your-legacy/
.

Also, Khadija Britton, an organiser of the Open Science Summit, is
preparing a blog post on Aaron Swartz and open access/science which you may
wish to contact her about with your comments
https://twitter.com/KMBTweets/status/290855030993608704, I'll post the link
to this when published for anyone who wants to engage with others thinking
about the same topic.

Jenny

On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 4:13 PM, Paola Di Maio <paola.dimaio at gmail.com>wrote:

> Matthew,
>
> probably because the discussion is not 'off topic' per se at all,
>
>  however I understand why some of the truths being asserted could make
> some of the list members uncomfortable, as truth often does :-)    or
> expose blatantly untenable inadequate stances in relation to open
> science
>
> anyway thanks to all for contributing, I think a lot to unpack :-)
>
> P
>
> On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 4:06 PM, Matthew Brett <matthew.brett at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 3:52 PM, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>
> wrote:
> >> (off thread)
> >>
> >> Hi guys,
> >>
> >> I was wondering whether you might be able to continue this discussion
> >> off-thread? I'm a bit concerned that this is quite a long thread and it
> is
> >> somewhat off-topic for the open-science discussion list - and I don't
> want
> >> this to cause some of our members to unsubscribe. I hope you can
> understand!
> >>
> >> Just so you know, I'm going to be posting a short piece in memory of
> Aaron
> >> Swartz, whom I knew personally, on the OKFN blog today or tomorrow.
> >
> > Thanks for this.  I also got the impression from Jenny's digest email
> > that that was a worry.  I was surprised at the worry, I must admit.
> > But honestly, for the sake of openness - why not email the list
> > explaining what you think is on or off topic and why?  Maybe that
> > would help?
> >
> > See you,
> >
> > Matthew
>
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