Archive:000/Abolishing paywalls: Difference between revisions
(Created page with "<!-- TODO: explain what a paywall is, and define the scope of this page --> ====Motivations==== * If we want the average person to trust science, then the science has to be freely accessible. * Whenever a government policy is said to be based on scientific knowledge, the public deserves the right to verify it. ====Cost==== * Academic journal websites could be kept up (ad-free) with probably just 1/1000th as much money as governments already allocate to research grants....") |
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* Academic journal websites could be kept up (ad-free) with probably just 1/1000th as much money as governments already allocate to research grants. | * Academic journal websites could be kept up (ad-free) with probably just 1/1000th as much money as governments already allocate to research-grants. | ||
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Revision as of 12:46, 11 July 2023
Motivations
- If we want the average person to trust science, then the science has to be freely accessible.
- Whenever a government policy is said to be based on scientific knowledge, the public deserves the right to verify it.
Cost
- Academic journal websites could be kept up (ad-free) with probably just 1/1000th as much money as governments already allocate to research-grants.
- Text-based websites don't take much to maintain (unless there's code bloat).