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Re: SocArXiv Announces Development Plans
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Wed, 20 Jul 2016 20:13:44 -0400
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From: Thomas Krichel <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2016 03:51:12 +0000

Dr. Michael Stoller writes

> Elsevier purchased SSRN from Social Science Electronic Publishing,
> Inc., an independent privately held corporation operating in
> Rochester, New York. It was open source but not non-profit.

No it was not open source. Open source is a property of a software,
not of a publishing platform.

It was hardly even open access. I don't think you can get all
the papers in bulk.
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Cheers,

Thomas Krichel                  http://openlib.org/home/krichel
                                           skype:thomaskrichel

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