From: Rick Anderson <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 00:15:19 +0000

>2. If so, it appears to me that Elsevier’s new sharing policy actually
>represents a net increase in liberality when it comes to sharing and
>posting ― am I mistaken about that?
>
>Rick, previously authors who were not subject to deposit mandates
>could deposit their papers without embargo. Now they can’t.  I think
>that is a significant decrease in liberality and outweighs the
>increases (which in some areas was just Elsevier catching-up with
>existing practice)

Thanks, David ― but one clarifying question: isn’t it true that authors
can still deposit the preprint version of the article without any embargo?
If that’s true, then this isn’t really a matter of the research itself
being subject to a new embargo, but only the final manuscript. Do I have
that right? And if so, then in your view, is that insufficient?

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Rick Anderson
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