Particularly now that much innovation in computing is happening in the developing world, the ACM's toll booth on reading the literature is especially repugnant.

Particularly now that much innovation in computing is happening in the developing world, the ACM's toll booth on reading the literature is especially repugnant. Digital distribution is not costly. The definitive online library for CS should be free to read. If wikipedia et all can support themselves then it would be trivial for the equivalent of the ACM library to do likewise. I do think it's reasonable for the ACM to charge for their other activities.