Hi all, My first time posting a question to the GOAL list. I wondered if anyone in France or familiar with the Digital Republic bill (Republique Numerique) could tell me a bit more about its implications for OA to French publicly funded research (eg. CNRS).
I've read a bit about the bill in English and have run some things through Google Translate, now regretting my poor attention in French class in secondary school. The news articles I've read<http://www.networkworld.com/article/2995978/opensource-subnet/france-votes-to-expand-open-source-use.html> make it sounds like a laudable process, open to public consultation on the Internet, with some popular propositions to reduce proprietary software in schools and universities in favour of Linux/GNU, as well as proposals to protect privacy of personal data and encryption. Article 9 concerns Open Access<https://www.republique-numerique.fr/consultations/projet-de-loi-numerique/consultation/consultation/opinions/section-2-travaux-de-recherche-et-de-statistique/article-9-acces-aux-travaux-de-la-recherche-financee-par-des-fonds-publics/versions/une-duree-d-embargo-plus-courte-ne-pas-entraver-le-tdm-fouille-de-texte-et-de-donnees-et-ne-pas-interdire-une-exploitation-commerciale> to public research. I've read contradictory statements about what the bill proposes in terms of embargoes for Green archiving. This SciELO blog post (October 9)<http://blog.scielo.org/en/2015/10/09/france-prepares-bill-to-regulate-open-access/> suggests that the bill proposes that publicly funded research should be made publicly accessbile without embargo; whereas the statements and annotations of the article on the Republique Numerique website<https://www.republique-numerique.fr/consultations/projet-de-loi-numerique/consultation/consultation/opinions/section-2-travaux-de-recherche-et-de-statistique/article-9-acces-aux-travaux-de-la-recherche-financee-par-des-fonds-publics/versions/une-duree-d-embargo-plus-courte-ne-pas-entraver-le-tdm-fouille-de-texte-et-de-donnees-et-ne-pas-interdire-une-exploitation-commerciale> suggest that there was an original proposal of an embargo of 12 months for STM and 24 months for HSS, which has now been modified to 6 and 12 months respectively. I've read one or two comments on Twitter this morning suggesting that the embargo periods are still very much under discussion. The SciELO blog also suggests that there are provisions to encourage text and data mining and to end the exclusive transfer of copyright of publicly funded research and data to publishers. I haven't found much detail on these or any support for Gold. I'd be interested to know what the view is on the OA article amongst the OA community in France and also what people have made of the process to establish digital rights. I remember that Brazil went through a similar process with a Digital Rights bill last year<https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2014/06/brazil-new-global-internet-referee/>, of course following on from the Snowdon revelations which had a big impact in Brazil, much of which was weakened by the time it got into law. Many thanks for any information you can provide me... Andrew Hyde Development Editor (Open Access) +44 (0)1223 326031 | @andrewchyde<https://twitter.com/andrewchyde> Cambridge University Press University Printing House, Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge, CB2 8BS Cambridge University Press is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge with VAT registered number GB 823 8476 09. Our principal office is at University Printing House, Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge, CB2 8BS, United Kingdom.
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