[open-science] Principles of "Open Access" (

[john wilbanks]

I do my best not to use "free" - it has tons of implications in software.

"Public" access is the term that is already well used in government 
policy. It's a good word that isn't otherwise in use in "free" or "open" 
systems, and it gets at the spirit of things.

jtw

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> From: Graham Triggs <grahamtriggs at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [open-science] Principles of "Open Access"
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> On 4 July 2013 16:43, Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:
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>> I think it would be useful for this list to create a clear simple guide to
>> (Fully) open OA. The BOAI is clear but has been downgraded.
>>
>
> I do agree with this. Imho, subdividing OA into Gold, Green, Libre, Gratis,
> etc. is not helpful. Especially when half (or more) of the definitions
> remove "open" from "open access".
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> There is nothing wrong with "free access" - both as a concept and a term.
> Free access is nearly as important as open access, and shares the same
> values, if not all of the benefits - that we need to ensure that
> researchers are not prevented from getting access to published research.
> But it should be clear that free is not open.
>
> I believe more is needed, especially on rights and also on WHY we need Open
>> Access (I wish there was a new term and maybe we should strive for that).
>>
>
> Or, seeing as "open" is well understood pretty much everywhere else it is
> invoked, why not just defend the meaning and chase out the terms that
> dilute it? There is no need for it - the alternatives are simply clearer.
>
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