It is the same in non-anglo-USA law, everywhere, I believe. 

B. Rentier

> Le 10 sept. 2015 à 15:32, Gavin Moodie <[email protected]> a écrit :
> 
> At least in Anglo-USA law a for profit organisation is one which is 
> authorised to distribute surpluses to its owners, whereas a 'non profit' 
> organisation is not so authorised and must allocate any surplus to the 
> purposes for which it was established. 
> 
> Thus a '(non) profit' organisation is not defined by whether it generates 
> profits, but by its ability to allocate any profit.
> 
> Gavin
> 
> 
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> On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 8:52 AM, Graham Triggs <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> On 10/09/2015 11:37:02, Nicolas Pettiaux <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> What about the idea : research published only non profit OA journals should 
>>> be taken into account.
>>> 
>>> Wouldn't this push the predatory OA journals by competition out of business 
>>> ?
>>> 
>> 
>> Well, first, try and define what your criteria for a "non profit" OA journal 
>> is.
>> Even a genuine declared non-profit journal would run profits in some years, 
>> due to the need to potentially cover shortfalls in others. The reality is 
>> you would be aiming for a modest profit, which would then be subsequently 
>> re-invested in future years.
>> But regardless of your criteria, profit is just income - costs... and it 
>> would be fairly easy for a "predatory" journal to hide it's profit by paying 
>> another company some vastly inflated sum for a bunch of services. The 
>> journal isn't making any money itself, but it all flows through the chain.
>> G
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