[GOAL] Re: Meaning of OA Libre

[Peter Murray-Rust]

On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 9:55 AM, Sally Morris <
sally at morris-assocs.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> **
> Aye, there's the rub.  Open just means open - in my opinion it is futile
> (and unnecessary) to insist on a strict definition
>
>
The problem with being woolly is that it doesn't help when you are taken to
court in most jurisdictions. If I re-use a document with a CC-BY licence or
a BSD one for software then I KNOW that I am safe from prosecution (or at
least I will win the case). If I have something with "Open" it tells me
nothing

The main objective is that anyone who wishes to should be able to read the
> item.  All the rest, IMHO, is extra
>

and IMHO the extras are critically important. We differ and we should have
the right to say so on this list.

P.

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