On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 2:31 AM, Jan Szczepanski
<jan.szczepanski_at_ub.gu.se> wrote:
> The problem with the green way is mainly that it is a parasitic and has
> no life of it's own.
> More like a virus. The way scientists has taken is the golden road. That
> is creating their
> own journals and a complete free new infrastructure that has nothing to
> do with the
> commercial. This has been created without threats, force or mandates.
Some background context for this stance that those new to the American
Scientist Open Access Forum may otherwise find puzzling:
http://bit.ly/dpPya6
>
> Jan
>
>
>
> Klaus Graf wrote:
>>
>> I have replied there:
>>
>> http://archiv.twoday.net/search?q=button
>>
>> (i) The button is making scholars to beggars.
>>
>> (ii) There is evidence that asking directly the author is more
>> successful. Having used the button without success a following direct
>> mail would diminish the chances.
>>
>> (iii) My own experiences with the button (for test purposes) have
>> shown that the success rate is low.
>>
>> (iv) DON'T LET THE AUTHOR DECIDE IF DARK OR OPEN. If there are no
>> cogent copyright reasons DON'T ACCEPT dark deposits.
>>
>> (v) DON'T ACCEPT DARK DEPOSITS WITHOUT FIXED EMBARGO TERM.
>>
>> Klaus Graf
>>
>> 2010/2/3 C.J.Smith <c.j.smith_at_open.ac.uk>:
>>
>>> Members of this list may be interested in a blog post I’ve just written
>>> on
>>> the “request copy” button used by some repositories (including my own).
>>> I’d
>>> welcome your responses not only on this list, but also as comments to the
>>> blog post itself.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/ORO/?p=92
>>>
>
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