This is big. No #embargoes. No #APCs.
"The #EU is ready to agree that immediate #OpenAccess to papers reporting publicly funded research should become the norm, w/o authors having to pay fees & that the bloc should support #nonprofit scholarly publishing models.
In a move that could send shockwaves through commercial scholarly #publishing, the positions are due to be adopted by the Council of the EU member state governments later this month."
https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-europe-infrastructure-2023-5-eu-ready-to-back-immediate-open-access-without-author-fees/
This seems to be very similar to the campaign by the @fsfe PublicMoney{ublicCode #PMPC that code written using public funds should be free software. Great idea. If research is funded via taxation then taxpayers partly own that research. OpenAccess is really important for other people to read, and build on.
