Thank you Stevan for all the pointers. I'll just answer the "why on earth" question.
> > prohibits its results from being quoted or used in non-open archives? > > You can set any rules you like. Getting them obeyed is another matter. > But why on earth would a researcher, writing for research impact, want > to make an arbitrary and counterproductive rule like that in the > first place? Researchers should want to have open access to any works that cite their work or continue research in the same direction. Having to pay or jump through hoops for that access is an obstacle to their own work. Such a license, if enforcable and embraced by a core of leading researchers, could help coerce the entire research community within a field towards open access publishing. I guess enforcability would be a problem, though, since copyright or patents don't cover ideas and right to read and reference. The GNU General Public License (GPL) for free software is based on the fact that the work is covered by copyright. -- Lars Aronsson ([email protected]) Project Runeberg - free Nordic literature - http://runeberg.org/
