> It is incredibly silly that it's legal for taxpayer-funded research papers to be hidden behind a paywall I know at least for research funded by the Departmen

> It is incredibly silly that it's legal for taxpayer-funded research papers to be hidden behind a paywall I know at least for research funded by the Department of Energy, after 1 year any published articles become freely available regardless of the publisher's access policy (excepting classified material, of course). https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2014/08/f18/DOE_Public_Access%20Plan_FINAL.pdf https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2014/08/f18/DOE_Publ...