From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.science.mathematics.categories/3539 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Marta Bunge" Newsgroups: gmane.science.mathematics.categories Subject: RE: Equitable Mathematics Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 19:18:01 -0500 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1241019367 9193 80.91.229.2 (29 Apr 2009 15:36:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:36:07 +0000 (UTC) To: categories@mta.ca Original-X-From: rrosebru@mta.ca Tue Dec 19 10:09:29 2006 -0400 Return-path: Envelope-to: categories-list@mta.ca Delivery-date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 10:09:29 -0400 Original-Received: from Majordom by mailserv.mta.ca with local (Exim 4.61) (envelope-from ) id 1GwfYx-0004l3-M4 for categories-list@mta.ca; Tue, 19 Dec 2006 10:03:23 -0400 Original-Sender: cat-dist@mta.ca Precedence: bulk X-Keywords: X-UID: 40 Original-Lines: 39 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.science.mathematics.categories:3539 Archived-At: The idea which Andre Joyal has put forward is certainly original, although it may not be that practical or someone would have thought of it before?. However, there may be a way to implement it and I am all for it. I would extend the list to include, in additon to Topology, also Advances in Mathematics, Annals of Pure and Applied Logic, and Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra. Maybe others where some of us belong to the editorial boards. It so happens that the journals listed above are all published by Reed-Elsevier. A few (foolish?) academics have pledged not to publish in such journals for a different, and in my view, a much more serious, reason -- namely, the involment with arms dealers. The latter affects human lives, whereas the former "just" makes it difficult to access scientific informatin, particularly in Third World countries. http://cage.ugent.be/~npg/elsevier/signatories.html A similar pledge to target all highly-priced journals would make little difference to some of us who have signed the above, but could mean scientific suicide to others. In addition, we do (naively, perhaps) expect to exert enough influence with this and other demarches going on right now (such as a planned letter in the Times), so that we are relieved of the pledge soon enough. If not, well.....there is always TAC and other electronic journals listed in the excellent note by John Baez (which can also be seen in the above website looking at comments by signataries). Something must be done. That much is clear. Marta _________________________________________________________________ Download now! Visit http://www.telusmobility.com/msnxbox/ to enter and see how cool it is to get Messenger with you on your cell phone. http://www.telusmobility.com/msnxbox/