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On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 12:38:39 +0100, adam hodgkin <adam.hodgkin_at_GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> I have read it again and on re-reading it still strikes me as an
> extraordinarily tendentious press release.
>
> --------
> I do wonder what fair-minded and open-minded Fellows of the Royal Society
> think of this representation of the argument of the proponents of Open
> Access? I know of no proponent of OA who thinks that the primary factor
> driving the OA movement is a concern to rectify a situation in which some
> publishers are making excessive profits (if this is true, and whatever it
> means).
I don't think the RS said anything about 'primary factor' they just said
> -
"some participants in the debate appear to be trying to pursue another aim"
I would say that is a reasonably fair point, I have come across OA advocates who think that publishers are making too much money...(whatever that means).
Bye, Barry
Received on Fri Nov 25 2005 - 00:34:04 GMT