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EU research ministers make fresh call for a full transition to free open access publishing
https://sciencebusiness.net/news/Open-science/eu-research-ministers-make-fresh-call-full-transition-free-open-access-publishing
Open science advocates see room for ‘game changing measures’ in ministers’ stance, while publishers warn against ‘knee jerk policy interventions’
@marind Haha, "knee jerk policy interventions" that have been THIRTY YEARS in the making, and clearly advocated for at every step along the way.
If this has taken any publisher by surprise, they can only have had their fingers in their ears singing LALALALALA for three decades.