on Sat, 20 Jul 2002 Stevan Harnad <harnad_at_ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote
[snip]
> What about copyright?
> http://www.eprints.org/self-faq/#copyright1
>
> The author holds the copyright for the pre-refereeing preprint,
> so that can be self-archived without seeking anyone else's
> permission. For the refereed postprint, the author can try to
> modify the copyright transfer agreement to allow self-archiving, or,
> failing that, can append or link a corrigenda file
> http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Tp/resolution.htm#6.5
> to the already self-archived preprint.
If the preprint is materially the same as the
work covered by the copyright transfer, then
the preprint should be withdrawn, leaving
no more than a cite or a link.
A preprint that is not withdrawn clearly
infringes the copyright transfer agreement and
puts the author in the morally and legally
questionable position of contributing to
infringement.
Moreover, corrigenda really doesn't help the
reader when major revisions have taken place.
Best wishes,
Albert Henderson
Former Editor, PUBLISHING RESEARCH QUARTERLY 1994-2000
<70244.1532_at_compuserve.com>
Received on Wed Jul 24 2002 - 23:46:46 BST