> modern science is synonymous with open source software
But why does the public have to pay for e. g. Elsevier? We pay for research of scientists already via taxpayers money (at the least in a civilized country), then we have to pay again for a private entity. If science is really open then it also needs to require public publishing. Gangsters such as Elsevier and others should not be able to drain the public here. Taxpayers financing something should also require public access to findings, at all times. Instead, Elsevier, Springer etc... get more public money while keeping things private. That's the antithesis to science.
100%. I'm not saying the vision we're talking about is there yet, I just think it's an enticing thought. The existence of (predatory) publishers is a sad and miserable joke in its own right.
But why does the public have to pay for e. g. Elsevier? We pay for research of scientists already via taxpayers money (at the least in a civilized country), then we have to pay again for a private entity. If science is really open then it also needs to require public publishing. Gangsters such as Elsevier and others should not be able to drain the public here. Taxpayers financing something should also require public access to findings, at all times. Instead, Elsevier, Springer etc... get more public money while keeping things private. That's the antithesis to science.