> Some days I can't imagine a future where universal open access is implemented, at other times it seems inevitable. Even if in the future universal open acce

> Some days I can't imagine a future where universal open access is implemented, at other times it seems inevitable. Even if in the future universal open access is implemented, this will not solve the problem. To quote Aaron Swartz (https://archive.org/stream/GuerillaOpenAccessManifesto/Goamjuly2008_djvu.txt https://archive.org/stream/GuerillaOpenAccessManifesto/Goamj...): "The Open Access Movement has fought valiantly to ensure that scientists do not sign their copyrights away but instead ensure their work is published on the Internet, under terms that allow anyone to access it. But even under the best scenarios, their work will only apply to things published in the future. Everything up until now will have been lost. That is too high a price to pay."