[GOAL] Re: Springer now publishing Open Access books

[Peter Murray-Rust]

On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 2:00 AM, Brown, Alexander, Springer US <
Alexander.Brown at springer-sbm.com> wrote:

>  *Contact: *Eric Merkel-Sobotta | tel.: +49 30 827 87 54 34 |
> eric.merkel-sobotta at springer.com**
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> * *
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> *PRESS RELEASE*
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> ** **
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> *Springer now publishing Open Access books*****
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> ** **
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> *SpringerOpen Books launched at Beijing International Book Fair*
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> ** **
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> Beijing/New York, 29 August 2012****
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> Springer is expanding its open access (OA) program by offering a fully
> open access option for books,
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I and many others do not regard this as "FULLY open access".


> The copyright for the entire open access book including every chapter
> remains with the editor/author. SpringerOpen books are published under the
> Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial (CC BY-NC) license.
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> This facilitates the open distribution and the free re-use and sharing of
> the work for non-commercial purposes, as long as the authors/editors are
> properly attributed.****
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CC-NC is not compatible with BOAI. It is therefore, at best, "partial open
access".



-- 
Peter Murray-Rust
Reader in Molecular Informatics
Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry
University of Cambridge
CB2 1EW, UK
+44-1223-763069
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