> Scientific publishing is currently a multi-billion dollar industry, forcing scientists to pay huge sums to access or publish publicly-funded research – it's t

> Scientific publishing is currently a multi-billion dollar industry, forcing scientists to pay huge sums to access or publish publicly-funded research – it's time for a democratic alternative. I don't know that I trust a democratic replacement for a for-profit replacement, since both have their flaws. In the for-profit model (plutocracy) we have gatekeepers, and rent collectors. In the democratic model we have an oppressive majority, and the silencing of the minority ~ e.g. Galileo with copernican heliocentrism. Practically though, this can be more Oligarchic than democratic oftentimes. Let us not trade cash driven tyranny for ballot driven tyranny Maybe we do need an alternative governance model, but I think something different from for-profit, and democratic may be best. I don't know what word best fits that definition, Open Source, or something in the Creative Commons, but there must be a better alternative