[GOAL] Restriction of discussion on GOAL mailing list

[Peter Murray-Rust]

Richard,
I would be grateful if you could post the following message verbatim to the
GOAL list - it is likely to be my last.

In a recent post to the GOAL list (
http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/pipermail/goal/2013-December/002585.html )
Stevan Harnad put forward 10 reasons why immediate non-BOAI access is
better than BOAI access. I felt that these needed to be challenged and
replied to two points:

http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/pipermail/goal/2013-December/002587.html

and

http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/pipermail/goal/2013-December/002589.html

You then mailed me and asked me not to post any more such messages  on the
GOAL list.  I note however that you have allowed SH to continue arguing his
case.

http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/pipermail/goal/2013-December/002593.html

My messages challenged the postings, not the person.  I had assumed that
the GOAL list would allow a balanced debate and am sad to find it will not
allow one.

It is a pity that there is no forum or body which allows constructive
debate on Open Access - and that is one reason why I and colleagues have
set up https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/open-access.

Peter



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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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