[GOAL] {Disarmed} RE: Re: what is a suitable CC license for an scholarly openaccess journal

[Michael Carroll]

Thanks for the hat tip Peter!  Sridhar, here is my argument for why an
open access should be fully open access - meaning CC BY.

 

http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info:doi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.100
1210

 

Best,

Mike

 

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Research papers: http://works.bepress.com/michael_carroll/
<http://law.bepress.com/michael_carroll/> 
http://ssrn.com/author=330326
blog: http://www.carrollogos.blogspot.com/ <http://www.carrollogos.org/>


See also www.creativecommons.org <http://www.creativecommons.org/> 

 

From: goal-bounces at eprints.org [mailto:goal-bounces at eprints.org] On
Behalf Of Peter Murray-Rust
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 7:33 AM
To: Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci)
Subject: [GOAL] Re: what is a suitable CC license for an scholarly
openaccess journal

 

 

On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Sridhar Gutam <gutam2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

Dear All,

In the year 2009, when we launched the Open Access Journal of Medicinal
and Aromatic Plants (OAJMAP) <http://www.oajmap.in> from Medicinal and
Aromatic Plants Association of India (MAPAI) <http://www.mapai.co.nr> we
have asked a question on a OA forum on what should be the suitable CC
license to apply for the OAJMAP.

We were told and we also got convienced that we should go for CC BY ND.
But now as we are progressing, I feel unfortable in using 'ND'.

Why?? the license says -- No Derivative Works - You may not alter,
transform, or build upon this work.

But, all the research is derived out from the existing and new things
would be built on the existing.

I would like to advice to the Editorial Board, OAJMAP and the Management
Committee, MAPAI to go for CC-BY.

Whats your suggestions pleases??

Sridhar

I would strongly support CC-BY. There has been a lot of discussion
recently about this and two papers by Mike Carroll and others arguing
convincingly that only CC-BY makes sense. CC-NC is impossible to define
or operate in practice and only serves to prevent useful things
happening. CC-ND prevents any normal scholarly and other re-use.

The funding agencies are all now insisting on CC-BY for "Open Access".
So by adopting that you become acceptable target for publishing their
funded work.

P.
 

	
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