Re:I'm a programmer – how can I help SciHub?
by einpoklum on Sunday July 11, 2021 @06:24PM
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> I don't think scihub is the future. OpenAccess is the future.
It seems you are claiming that the future isn't making all scientific content available, period - but rather only that content whose copyright holders have decided to make available.
I whole-heartedly disagree. We must not submit to arbitrary restrictions on the copying of information; and we certainly cannot and should not wait for Elsevier, Springer, IEEE et alia to grace us with access to articles.
Also - if "Open Access" means authors have to pay a large wad of money to have their papers published - that's not tolerable either.
It seems you are claiming that the future isn't making all scientific content available, period - but rather only that content whose copyright holders have decided to make available.
I whole-heartedly disagree. We must not submit to arbitrary restrictions on the copying of information; and we certainly cannot and should not wait for Elsevier, Springer, IEEE et alia to grace us with access to articles.
Also - if "Open Access" means authors have to pay a large wad of money to have their papers published - that's not tolerable either.