OT: Technically, it is not free access. You (or at public institutions, the general public) paid for your access … in discussions on open access, I often learn

OT: Technically, it is not free access. You (or at public institutions, the general public) paid for your access … in discussions on open access, I often learn that many researchers, scientists etc. are under the impression that they already have open access although the simply get routed around paywalls because they use IP addresses of their paying institutions.