Apparently publishing in this journal is free (no fee required) and articles are accessible on the web for free. So to me it's free as in free bear. However the

Apparently publishing in this journal is free (no fee required) and articles are accessible on the web for free. So to me it's free as in free bear. However there seam to be also a severe review process. So eLife is not as open as Reddit or HackerNews. ;)