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Re:We've failed: open access is winning and we must change o... by CamperBob2 on Saturday September 16, 2017 @01:59PM (#15265740)
That was confusing, thanks. I thought "Gold" meant "Put up a paywall and charge lots of money," "Green" meant "Put up a paywall and charge moderate amounts of money," and "Black" meant "Hoist the Jolly Roger and don't charge anything at all."
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Re:We've failed: open access is winning and we must change o... by pjc50 on Saturday September 16, 2017 @03:01PM (#15266090)
Gold means the author pays the cost of publishing, potentially several thousand dollars.

Green means "arxiv": the author uploads a "preprint" version to a website. The "official" version is in a conventional reader-pays journal.

"Black" does indeed mean sci-hub piracy.

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