I was filled with glee when I saw...that the Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists is now “online open access.” ...
I salute the appearance of this resource; however, I’m troubled by the absence of a license statement. What am I allowed to do with these documents? Can I copy them to give to students? Can I put them into my institution’s digital repository? ...
(Thanks to Klaus Graf.)
PS: I share Elliott's glee and questions. However, the problem is easy to fix. At least one flavor of CC license should fit BASP's purposes, and all the CC licenses are human-readable, lawyer-readable, machine-readable, and free of charge.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 5/16/2007 02:26:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
