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 > > > Gavin Moodie, PhD > Adjunct Professor in the Department of Leadership, Higher, and Adult Education > OISE, University of Toronto > > Adjunct professor of education at RMIT University, Australia > > 22 Sussex Avenue > Toronto, ON, M5S 1J5 > Canada > Mobile +1 416 806 3597 > [email protected] > http://rmit.academia.edu/GavinMoodie > > 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> GOAL mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal > > _______________________________________________ > GOAL mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal
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