From: "David P. Dillard" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:35:50 -0500
Just puzzled, how does one cite without attribution?
Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
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On Mon, 23 Jan 2012, LIBLICENSE wrote:
> From: marciano matiyas <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:05:12 -0800
>
> Free in the context of Africa where funding is not available should
> mean zero priced.
>
> ***
>
> From: LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]>
> From: John Houghton <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:47:26 +1100
>
> I guess it depends what you mean by 'free'. The term is ambiguous.
>
> *Do you mean free, as in zero priced? Obviously, nothing is free in
> the sense of zero cost.
>
> *Do you mean free, as in free to use for research and/or commercial purposes?
>
> *Do you mean free, as in free to cite with or without attribution?
>
> *Do you mean free, as in allowing copies to be made for the purpose of
> indexing (e.g. so it can be 'Googled"), for which many countries do
> not have copyright exceptions or fair use provisions?
>
> *Do you mean free, as in free to re-use, such as in re-mix, with or
> without attribution?
>
> *Do you mean free, as in free to text mine with or without attribution
> (attribution is pretty impractical in text mining)?
>
> *Do you mean free, as in free to copy and (re)distribute?
>
> I suspect we have agreed, standard definitions of OA and CC licensing
> so we know what 'free' means and exactly what we can do with things
> that are zero priced. As ever, the issue is the value not the price.
> What is the point of something being free (zero priced) if you can't
> use it for your, or its intended purpose? The problem with toll access
> publishing is that it prevents many valuable forms of use in order to
> maintain the toll booth.
>
> John Houghton
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