[GOAL] Re: Paid Gold vs. Free Gold

[Jean-Claude Guédon]

As Jan Velterop says, it makes little economic sense to develop such a
"business plan"; yet it exists. We should probably ask why. One obvious
but unlikely answer would be stupidity. A more likely answer is that it
is to the advantages of the publishers, collectively, constantly to
bring new , so-called "innovative" solutions to e-publishing. This is
part of their competitive games, of course, but, more fundamentally, it
muddies the waters of open access and it slows down acceptance. In this
regard, Stevan is quite right: we do need a simple, clear message to the
world. 

But this message must be simple, not simplistic.

Jean-Claude Guédon

PS David Prosser is right, Green and Gold are enough. Free Gold is
perfectly clear.

Le vendredi 19 avril 2013 à 17:20 +0900, Andrew A. Adams a écrit :

> Jan is right. It appears my institution has a subscription that I didn't know 
> about - when trying to access the papers from home, I now get directed to a 
> paywall.
> 
> 
> 


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Jean-Claude Guédon
Professeur titulaire
Littérature comparée
Université de Montréal

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