Stevan, You say, "it does not matter which archive has the article." surely the the logical consequence is that it does not matter if it is the NIH/BMC archive that has the article.
Why should we concern ourselves with previous publishers contracts: the point of regulatory action is that they will all to have to compy with the new standard. If we had had to negotiate library by library and publisher by publisher, it would have been a problem. Nut we don't. There are some other things in the agreement that you have previously said you disliked, particularly the provision for embargo periods. Do they no longer bother you? Remembering the way you used to express it, anyone who claims to favor OA and does not accept the UK and US mandates as regulatory starting points to be adopted now and improved with experience, is not helping OA. Our opponents are still alive, and kicking very fiercly. Shall we argue with each other over what exact form is best, or shoud we work all together to accept a reasonably good immediately acheivable arrangement? Anyone who now says, Yes, but ... is not helping OA. Yours, David Dr. David Goodman Associate Professor Palmer School of Library and Information Science Long Island University [email protected] It is requested that those posting or citing this message do so in full.
