Oh Wait: MIT Already Made All Its Research Open; So Why Was It So Against Aaron Swartz?

from the horrifying dept:

We recently picked up on a suggestion by Farhad Manjoo over at Slate that MIT should make all of its research open access as an apology for assisting in the prosecution of Aaron Swartz. Some people in our comments, reacting angrily against this idea, noted that faculty could not be forced to make their works open access by an administration. Well, it turns out that it’s already happening. Daniel Hawkins pointed out that MIT faculty unanimously agreed that all its faculty members would release their works under an open access policy… back in 2009.

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Oh Wait: MIT Already Made All Its Research Open; So Why Was It So Against Aaron Swartz? | Techdirt

The comments in the discussion make for an interesting read too!

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    Ah, So I’m not the only person to notice/remember MIT has posted open courses on their website!...
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