Everything coming out of LHC is required to be open. If PRL hadn't agreed to the policy, they'd have taken their results somewhere else. In aggregate, LHC had e

Everything coming out of LHC is required to be open. If PRL hadn't agreed to the policy, they'd have taken their results somewhere else. In aggregate, LHC had enough negotiating power to inspire change. CERN additionally funds the open-access fees for papers to help them offset publishing costs over the life of the paper. http://cds.cern.ch/record/1955574/files/CERN-OPEN-2014-049.pdf http://cds.cern.ch/record/1955574/files/CERN-OPEN-2014-049.p...