We do NOT need to update the BBB definition

2008-04-10 Thread Klaus Graf
http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/386-Dont-Risk-Getting-Less-By-Needlessly-Demanding-More.html Peter Suber has answered at http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2008/04/price-and-permission-barriers-again.html Peter Murray-Rust (and I) have often argued that permission barriers must

Re: We do NOT need to update the BBB definition

2008-04-10 Thread Stevan Harnad
On Wed, 9 Apr 2008, Klaus Graf wrote: How many people must die because an OA guru says There is a need to update BBB and denies the need of re-use? Ummm, a bit shrill! But here's my (6-step) answer: (1) We have neither price-freedom nor permission-freedom today. (So if people are

Fair use is not enough

2008-04-10 Thread Kiley ,Robert
At the Wellcome Trust we also believe that fair use is not enough if the benefits of text and data-mining - with its promise of discovering new knowledge - are to be fully realised. Consequently, as a condition of paying an open access fee, the Trust requires publishers to licence these articles

On Paying Publishers Extra For Extra Usage Rights

2008-04-10 Thread Stevan Harnad
On Thu, 10 Apr 2008, Robert Kiley [Wellcome Trust] wrote: Conscious that this licence only extends to gold OA articles, the Trust is continuing to work with publishers to explore the possibility of developing a similar licence for author manuscripts. It's important that everyone understand