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'''Open access''' materials can be viewed for free, but generally have other restrictions - for example no commercial use, no derivations, and (in some cases) no unauthorized distribution. The degree of "openness" can be star-rated according to meeting, or not, the four key criteria: there is no barrier to access for the reader, there is no fee demanded of the author/s, the copyright is nor forfeited by the author/s, and the work can be freely distributed<ref>Paull, J. (2013) [http://www.organic-systems.org/journal/81/8102.pdf "Open access publishing: What is world's best practice?"], Journal of Organic Systems, 8 (1), pp. 2-4.</ref>.


'''Open access''' materials can be viewed for free, but generally have other restrictions - for example no commercial use, and no derivations. Thus if material is simply open access, it is not true [[open content]] and cannot be used on projects such as Appropedia, [[OLPC]] [[OLPC content bundles|content bundles]], or Wikipedia.  
Thus if material is simply open access, it is not true [[open content]] and generally cannot be used on projects such as [[Appropedia]], [[OLPC]] [[OLPC content bundles|content bundles]], or Wikipedia.
 
== Open content on Appropedia ==
 
{{main|Appropedia:Open access content on Appropedia}}
 
On Appropedia, sometimes open access materials help to fill gaps where we do not yet have adequate [[open content]] resources. These are clearly marked with the {{tl|open access}} notice, and categorized at  [[:Category:Open access pages]] - these are work [[port]]ed to Appropedia for which there is no clear permission to A. reuse for commercial purposes or B. modify.  


== See also ==
== See also ==


* [[:Category:Open access pages]] - work [[port]]ed to Appropedia for which there is no clear permission to A. reuse for commercial purposes or B. modify.
* [[Non-commercial licenses vs open licenses]]
* [http://www.arl.org/sparc/publications/articles/open-access-and-the-last-mile-problem-for-knowledg.shtml Open access and the last-mile problem for knowledge]


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== Interwiki links ==
* [[Wikipedia:Open access]]


[[Category:Licenses]]
[[Category:Licenses]]
[[Category:Open access]]
==References==
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Revision as of 08:09, 26 January 2015

Open access materials can be viewed for free, but generally have other restrictions - for example no commercial use, no derivations, and (in some cases) no unauthorized distribution. The degree of "openness" can be star-rated according to meeting, or not, the four key criteria: there is no barrier to access for the reader, there is no fee demanded of the author/s, the copyright is nor forfeited by the author/s, and the work can be freely distributed[1].

Thus if material is simply open access, it is not true open content and generally cannot be used on projects such as Appropedia, OLPC content bundles, or Wikipedia.

Open content on Appropedia

On Appropedia, sometimes open access materials help to fill gaps where we do not yet have adequate open content resources. These are clearly marked with the {{open access}} notice, and categorized at Category:Open access pages - these are work ported to Appropedia for which there is no clear permission to A. reuse for commercial purposes or B. modify.

See also

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Interwiki links

References

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  1. Paull, J. (2013) "Open access publishing: What is world's best practice?", Journal of Organic Systems, 8 (1), pp. 2-4.
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