From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.science.mathematics.categories/7183 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Eduardo J. Dubuc" Newsgroups: gmane.science.mathematics.categories Subject: Re: cost of knowledge Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:46:57 -0300 Message-ID: References: <4F245AF7.8000302@dm.uba.ar> Reply-To: "Eduardo J. Dubuc" NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1327949556 1376 80.91.229.3 (30 Jan 2012 18:52:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:52:36 +0000 (UTC) To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22Joyal=2C_Andr=E9=22?= , categories Original-X-From: majordomo@mlist.mta.ca Mon Jan 30 19:52:35 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: gsmc-categories@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from smtpx.mta.ca ([138.73.1.4]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RrwLA-0001BX-OU for gsmc-categories@m.gmane.org; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:52:32 +0100 Original-Received: from mlist.mta.ca ([138.73.1.63]:40151) by smtpx.mta.ca with esmtp (Exim 4.77) (envelope-from ) id 1RrwKO-0004FN-1h; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:51:44 -0400 Original-Received: from majordomo by mlist.mta.ca with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RrwKO-0006It-Bf for categories-list@mlist.mta.ca; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:51:44 -0400 In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.science.mathematics.categories:7183 Archived-At: Please Moderator, let this come across. The subject seems to me=20 pertinent to all mathematicians, including category theorists. In private mail I was told there is already a kind of math-megaupload,=20 the following: . The problem is that to get an=20 account on should be invited. e.d. On 28/01/12 19:27, Joyal, Andr=E9 wrote: > Dear Eduardo, > > Supporting the boycott is probably easier for an established > mathematician like myself > than for a young mathematician without a permanent position. > > On the other hand, solving this problem is important for the young > generation, > since it concerns the scientific life of the future. > > I agree that there are other modes of action, > like putting our papers on the arXiv. I am strongly supporting that. > But it does not address the problem of our libraries which are forced t= o > spend huge sums of money > to buy knowledges produced by universities, not by publishing houses. > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/aug/29/academic-publishers= -murdoch-socialist > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/jan/16/academic-publishers-enemi= es-science?CMP=3Dtwt_fd > > Best, > Andr=E9 [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]