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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks for the hat tip Peter! Sridhar, here is my argument for why an open access should be fully open access – meaning CC BY.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info:doi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.1001210">http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info:doi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.1001210</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Mike<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Michael W. Carroll<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Professor of Law and Director, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>American University, Washington College of Law</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>4801 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Washington, D.C. 20016<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>(202) 274-4047 (voice)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>(202) 730-4756 (fax)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>vcard:</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.wcl.american.edu/faculty/mcarroll/vcard.vcf">http://www.wcl.american.edu/faculty/mcarroll/vcard.vcf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Research papers: <a href="http://law.bepress.com/michael_carroll/">http://works.bepress.com/michael_carroll/</a><br><a href="http://ssrn.com/author=330326">http://ssrn.com/author=330326</a><br>blog: <a href="http://www.carrollogos.org/"><font color="red"><b>MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "www.carrollogos.org" claiming to be</b></font> http://www.carrollogos.blogspot.com/</a></span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>See also <a href="http://www.creativecommons.org/">www.creativecommons.org</a></span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> goal-bounces@eprints.org [mailto:goal-bounces@eprints.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Peter Murray-Rust<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 26, 2012 7:33 AM<br><b>To:</b> Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci)<br><b>Subject:</b> [GOAL] Re: what is a suitable CC license for an scholarly openaccess journal<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Sridhar Gutam <<a href="mailto:gutam2000@gmail.com" target="_blank">gutam2000@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Dear All,<br><br>In the year 2009, when we launched the Open Access Journal of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (OAJMAP) <<a href="http://www.oajmap.in" target="_blank">http://www.oajmap.in</a>> from Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Association of India (MAPAI) <<a href="http://www.mapai.co.nr" target="_blank">http://www.mapai.co.nr</a>> we have asked a question on a OA forum on what should be the suitable CC license to apply for the OAJMAP.<br><br>We were told and we also got convienced that we should go for CC BY ND. But now as we are progressing, I feel unfortable in using 'ND'.<br><br>Why?? the license says -- No Derivative Works — You may not alter, transform, or build upon this work.<br><br>But, all the research is derived out from the existing and new things would be built on the existing.<br><br>I would like to advice to the Editorial Board, OAJMAP and the Management Committee, MAPAI to go for CC-BY.<br><br>Whats your suggestions pleases??<br><br>Sridhar<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I would strongly support CC-BY. There has been a lot of discussion recently about this and two papers by Mike Carroll and others arguing convincingly that only CC-BY makes sense. CC-NC is impossible to define or operate in practice and only serves to prevent useful things happening. CC-ND prevents any normal scholarly and other re-use.<br><br>The funding agencies are all now insisting on CC-BY for "Open Access". So by adopting that you become acceptable target for publishing their funded work.<br><br>P.<br> <o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>__________________________________________________________<span style='color:#888888'><br><span class=hoenzb>Sridhar Gutam PhD, ARS, Patent Laws (NALSAR), IP & Biotech. (WIPO)</span><br><span class=hoenzb>Senior Scientist (Plant Physiology)</span><br><span class=hoenzb>Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture</span><br><span class=hoenzb>Rehmankhera, Kakori Post</span><br><span class=hoenzb>Lucknow 227107, Uttar Pradesh, India</span><br><span class=hoenzb>Phone: +91-522-2841022/23/24; Fax: <a href="tel:%2B91-522-2841025" target="_blank">+91-522-2841025</a></span><br><span class=hoenzb>Mobile:+91-9005760036/8005346136</span><br><span class=hoenzb>Publications: <a href="http://works.bepress.com/sridhar_gutam/" target="_blank">http://works.bepress.com/sridhar_gutam/</a></span><br></span><br>_______________________________________________<br>GOAL mailing list<br><a href="mailto:GOAL@eprints.org">GOAL@eprints.org</a><br><a href="http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal" target="_blank">http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br clear=all><br>-- <br>Peter Murray-Rust<br>Reader in Molecular Informatics<br>Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry<br>University of Cambridge<br>CB2 1EW, UK<br>+44-1223-763069<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>