www/philosophy push-copyright-aside.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       12/01/20 13:24:04

Modified files:
        philosophy     : push-copyright-aside.html 

Log message:
        Distinguish the text that was added later about "open access".
        Explain how the term was weakened.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/push-copyright-aside.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.19&r2=1.20

Patches:
Index: push-copyright-aside.html
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RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/philosophy/push-copyright-aside.html,v
retrieving revision 1.19
retrieving revision 1.20
diff -u -b -r1.19 -r1.20
--- push-copyright-aside.html   20 Sep 2011 08:15:43 -0000      1.19
+++ push-copyright-aside.html   20 Jan 2012 13:23:53 -0000      1.20
@@ -105,9 +105,32 @@
 the Progress of Science&rdquo;. When copyright impedes the progress of
 science, science must push copyright out of the way.</p>
 
+<hr>
+
+Later developments:
+
 <p>Some universities have adopted policies to thwart the journal
 publishers' power. For instance, here is MIT's.<br/>
-<a 
href="http://info-libraries.mit.edu/scholarly/mit-open-access/open-access-at-mit/mit-open-access-policy/";>http://info-libraries.mit.edu/scholarly/mit-open-access/open-access-at-mit/mit-open-access-policy/</a></p>
+<a 
href="http://info-libraries.mit.edu/scholarly/mit-open-access/open-access-at-mit/mit-open-access-policy/";>http://info-libraries.mit.edu/scholarly/mit-open-access/open-access-at-mit/mit-open-access-policy/</a>.
+Stronger policies are needed, however.</p>
+
+<p>The US government has imposed a requirement known as "open access"
+on some funded research.  This requires publication within a certain
+period in a site that allows anyone to view the article.  This
+requirement is a positive step, but inadequate because it does not
+include freedom to redistribute the article.</p>
+
+<p>Curiously, the concept of "open access" earlier (in the Budapest
+Declaration) did include freedom to redistribute.  I signed that
+declaration, despite my distaste for the word "open", because the
+substance of the position was right.</p>
+
+<p>However, the word "open" had the last laugh: freedom to
+redistribute was subsequently dropped from that campaign.  I stand by
+the position of the Budapest Declaration, but now that "open access"
+means something else, I refer to it as "freely redistributable
+publication".</p>
+
 </div>
 
 <!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" -->
@@ -141,7 +164,7 @@
 <p>
 Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2011/09/20 08:15:43 $
+$Date: 2012/01/20 13:23:53 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>