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 [log in to unmask] 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