From: Richard Poynder <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2018 14:58:01 +0000 Extract from a guest post by Marc Couture: *The announcement of Plan S has generated many much needed (and much heated) discussions. I’m pleased to observe that these don’t concern the relevance of open access, whose wide-ranging benefits now seem to be almost universally acknowledged, but only potentially negative side-effects of the massive, if not global, shift to open access that the plan hopes to bring about.* *Though many aspects of the plan are somewhat unclear, and most details of its implementation are still being drafted, what we do know already raises various worries. One is a possible conflict with academic freedom.* *Two requirements of the plan are specifically targeted: (1) publication only in compliant journals (full OA, no hybrid) and (2) dissemination under a licence compliant with the Berlin OA definition, which would require authors to accept ceding generous usage rights in their works to others.* The post can be read here: https://poynder.blogspot.com/2018/11/plan-s-and-researchers-rights-reframing.html -- Richard Poynder