[GOAL] Re: Springer for sale - implications for open access?

[Heather Morrison]

On 10-Oct-12, at 2:58 PM, David Prosser wrote:

...The simple fact is that the Springer OA articles published to date  
will remain OA whoever purchases the company

Comment:

This sounds very reassuring. However, I argue that this is not a  
simple fact at all. Please explain how this work and how you know this  
work. For example, are you privy to inside knowledge about Springer  
contracts? Are your Research Libraries copying the Springer OA content  
and planning making this available? If the latter, are these concrete  
plans with funding attached or tentative?

If Springer went out of business altogether, that would constitute a  
trigger event for CLOCKSS, but not if the business is transferred.

At the very least, can we agree that something other than using a  
particular CC license needs to happen to make works open access for  
the long term, such as a library or archive storing, preserving, and  
making the works OA?

best,

Heather Morrison