[GOAL] Re: One way to expand the OA movement: be more inclusive

[Heather Morrison]

On 2015-06-01, at 2:02 PM, <brentier at ulg.ac.be>
 wrote:

When I want to drive on a public road, whether it is closed or temporarily closed makes no difference to me. It is not open. I can't use it.
Embargo is antinomic to open.

Comment: would you agree then that all of the journals that make back issues freely available, and all of the publishers that allow self-archiving after a delay, might just as well go for an embargo that lasts the full length of copyright, and join the lobbyists who advocate for extending copyright terms? 

Sometimes the perfect is the enemy of the good. 

best,

Heather