One would think that Computer Science, of all the fields, would have an open publishing system (where all papers are accessible to all). One would be mistaken....

Some authors do the right thing and post versions of their papers on their own websites. But many don't; and it is a shame.

I cancelled my ACM and IEEE memberships because I see these organizations are perpetuating this broken system. They already charge a lot for attending conferences; why make people pay for the conference papers? And libraries, etc. will pay for the journals anyways; why lock the papers behind paywalls? This just doesn't make sense.

Unless more researchers speak up and protest, nothing will change, unfortunately.