Re: What About the Author Self-Archiving of Books?

2002-07-16 Thread Thomas Krichel
Stevan Harnad writes > On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, Thomas Krichel wrote: > > > > Not so simple. > > > > What do you mean? He does not give away, I do not read. Two > > simple choices by two individuals. It has no bearing on the > > general issues. > > Then why post it to this Forum, which is conc

Re: What About the Author Self-Archiving of Books?

2002-07-16 Thread Stevan Harnad
On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, Thomas Krichel wrote: > > Not so simple. > > What do you mean? He does not give away, I do not read. Two > simple choices by two individuals. It has no bearing on the > general issues. Then why post it to this Forum, which is concerned with the general issues? The reas

Re: What About the Author Self-Archiving of Books?

2002-07-16 Thread Thomas Krichel
Stevan Harnad writes > Not so simple. What do you mean? He does not give away, I do not read. Two simple choices by two individuals. It has no bearing on the general issues. Cheers, Thomas Krichel mailto:kric...@openlib.org

Re: Articles on BOAI

2002-07-16 Thread Peter Suber
At 03:24 PM 7/16/2002 +0100, Stevan Harnad wrote: On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, Charles Oppenheim wrote: > Stevan, for a major literature review I am doing, I need to refer to an > authoritative article on the BOAI. Ideally, I'd like a major article on the > initiative and its impact, rather than the

Re: What About the Author Self-Archiving of Books?

2002-07-16 Thread Stevan Harnad
On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, Thomas Krichel wrote: > Michael Meier writes > > I would like to inform you about a new book [in German] published in > > mid-june about the future of the publishing trade facing mounting > > opposition by libraries and other pressure groups. The title of > > the book is "R

Re: Book on future of STM publishers

2002-07-16 Thread Vitiello, Giuseppe (ISSN)
Dear Mr. Maier, Thank you for your information. I suppose that, being your exposé the result of a dissertation, that your book is freely available on an academic server. I read german. Could you please forward the link to your text? Thank you very much for your kind information. YS, Giuseppe Vi

Re: Ingenta to offer OAI eprint service

2002-07-16 Thread Thomas Krichel
I think that much of this debate comes from a confusion about the meaning of the term "free". When we talk about Eprints software being free, the term "free" should take the meaning as implied by the GNU public license. In this particular meaning, one should think of it as "freedom", rath

Articles on BOAI

2002-07-16 Thread Stevan Harnad
On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, Charles Oppenheim wrote: > Stevan, for a major literature review I am doing, I need to refer to an > authoritative article on the BOAI. Ideally, I'd like a major article on the > initiative and its impact, rather than the original "call to arms" press > release. Are you awar

Re: Book on future of STM publishers

2002-07-16 Thread Thomas Krichel
Michael Meier writes > I would like to inform you about a new book [in German] published in > mid-june about the future of the publishing trade facing mounting > opposition by libraries and other pressure groups. The title of > the book is "Returning Science to the Scientists. Der Umbruch im >

Re: Ingenta to offer OAI eprint service

2002-07-16 Thread Stevan Harnad
On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, Subbiah Arunachalam wrote: > I hear that Eprints has entered into an agreement with Ingenta and that > future versions of Eprints software may not be free. Is it true? I am happy to reassure my valiant comrade-at-arms Arun that he need not worry! Eprints is and always will be

Re: Ingenta to offer OAI eprint service

2002-07-16 Thread Subbiah Arunachalam
Dear Stevan: I hear that Eprints has entered into an agreement with Ingenta and that future versions of Eprints software may not be free. Is it true? Is this an admission that the Open access movement is losing momentum and even the greatest of its champions is entering into an agreement with a co

Book on future of STM publishers

2002-07-16 Thread Michael Meier
I would like to inform you about a new book [in German] published in mid-june about the future of the publishing trade facing mounting opposition by libraries and other pressure groups. The title of the book is "Returning Science to the Scientists. Der Umbruch im STM-Fachinformationsmarkt durch E