No, the purpose of “repository-focused green open access” is not -- and never has been -- "to prompt libraries to cancel journal subscriptions, forcing publishers to restrict themselves to coordinating peer review at a vastly reduced price from that currently charged for journal-focused “gold” open access <https://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/content/elseviers-open-access-edict-exposes-friction-between-green-and-gold-advocates#comment-form>" (though that is indeed what I think will be the eventual outcome).
The purpose of green open access, mandated by universities and funders, is (and always has been) *open access*. Open access (Gratis <http://legacy.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2008/08/greengold-oa-and-gratislibre-oa.html>) means immediate (un-embargoed), free online access to the final peer-reviewed drafts of peer-reviewed journal articles. Berners-Lee, T., De Roure, D., Harnad, S. and Shadbolt, N. (2005) Journal publishing and author self-archiving: Peaceful Co-Existence and Fruitful Collaboration <http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/11160/>. Harnad, S. (1995) A Subversive Proposal <http://www.arl.org/scomm/subversive/toc.html>. In: Ann Okerson & James O'Donnell (Eds.) *Scholarly Journals at the Crossroads; A Subversive Proposal for Electronic Publishing*. Washington, DC., Association of Research Libraries, June 1995. Houghton, J. & Swan, A. (2013) Planting the Green Seeds for a Golden Harvest: Comments and Clarifications on "Going for Gold" <http://www.dlib.org/dlib/january13/houghton/01houghton.html>. D-Lib Magazine 19 (1/2). Sale, A., Couture, M., Rodrigues, E., Carr, L. and Harnad, S. (2014) Open Access Mandates and the "Fair Dealing" Button <http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/18511/>. In: *Dynamic Fair Dealing: Creating Canadian Culture Online* (Rosemary J. Coombe & Darren Wershler, Eds.) Vincent-Lamarre, P, Boivin, J, Gargouri, Y, Larivière, V and Harnad, S (2015) Estimating Open Access Mandate Effectiveness: I. The MELIBEA Score <http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/370203/>. *JASIST* (in press)
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