Restore Fully Free and Open Access to the ACM Digital Library
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James Loague
10 months ago
Restore Fully Free and Open Access to the ACM Digital Library
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Berny Goodheart
10 months ago
Has always been free, should continue to be free. I fully support this petition.
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RAMADJI DOUMNANDE
10 months ago
ACM,
As a paying professional member (+ ACM Digital Library), I urge you to listen to the community and reconsider. We should work towards a scientific community devoid of barriers and walls erected for profits. Let’s strive to avoid building a scientific world of haves and have nots.
Thank you for your attention.
Sincerely,
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Ravindra Naik
10 months ago
I support the truly full access
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Eléni Economidou
10 months ago
In support of open, free access to scientific knowledge. Even if ACM currently operates at deficit, access should be open to students, early career and independent researchers.
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Robert Hurlbut
10 months ago
PhD candidate in Space Cybersecurity at Capitol Technology University.
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Zain Muhammad Mujahid
10 months ago
Cmon!
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Kia Darling
10 months ago
Paywalls stifle education.
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Kay Kender
10 months ago
ffs can the acm for one single time do the right thing
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Scott Boyd
10 months ago
Former ACM university chapter president
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Anonymous
10 months ago
Keep the computing knowledge to shine for free, in favor of the new generation.
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Subhashish Panigrahi
10 months ago
Paywall benefits none except the rich and privileged. Any form of paywall, no matter how well coated with euphemism, is bad for majority of the scholars. Many schools and institutions can't afford paywalled content and so can't their students, educators and other scholars. Independent researchers, journalists and activists rely on open access. Paywalls put critical research in grave danger.
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Bill Clarke
10 months ago
Long term ACM member here - I strongly support this petition
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Mark Glossop
10 months ago
Please don’t be *adding* any more ensh***ification to the internet. Y’all should know better.
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Derek Reilly
10 months ago
Very curious that this “feature” was not mentioned in communications about ACM’s transition to OA. Disappointing to say the least. Contradicts the spirit of OA. An ironic sidebar: currently my students can’t even use the paywalled features from within my institution, which is among those footing the bill for ACM OA in my country.
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G Gibson
10 months ago
Knowledge is best shared
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Chris King
10 months ago
open and free is critically important to foster global academic rigour and freedom and acess
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Muluadam Akalu
10 months ago
It should be free for researchers
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Stan Doherty
10 months ago
In industry, it is an axiom that no company change its access policies without conducting and circulating a formal impact review. In the absence of such an impact statement, why move forward with such a drastic access change?
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Alex Muscar
10 months ago
Knowledge belongs to everyone and it should be freely available.
Restore Fully Free and Open Access to the ACM Digital Library
Has always been free, should continue to be free. I fully support this petition.
ACM, As a paying professional member (+ ACM Digital Library), I urge you to listen to the community and reconsider. We should work towards a scientific community devoid of barriers and walls erected for profits. Let’s strive to avoid building a scientific world of haves and have nots. Thank you for your attention. Sincerely,
I support the truly full access
In support of open, free access to scientific knowledge. Even if ACM currently operates at deficit, access should be open to students, early career and independent researchers.
PhD candidate in Space Cybersecurity at Capitol Technology University.
Cmon!
Paywalls stifle education.
ffs can the acm for one single time do the right thing
Former ACM university chapter president
Keep the computing knowledge to shine for free, in favor of the new generation.
Paywall benefits none except the rich and privileged. Any form of paywall, no matter how well coated with euphemism, is bad for majority of the scholars. Many schools and institutions can't afford paywalled content and so can't their students, educators and other scholars. Independent researchers, journalists and activists rely on open access. Paywalls put critical research in grave danger.
Long term ACM member here - I strongly support this petition
Please don’t be *adding* any more ensh***ification to the internet. Y’all should know better.
Very curious that this “feature” was not mentioned in communications about ACM’s transition to OA. Disappointing to say the least. Contradicts the spirit of OA. An ironic sidebar: currently my students can’t even use the paywalled features from within my institution, which is among those footing the bill for ACM OA in my country.
Knowledge is best shared
open and free is critically important to foster global academic rigour and freedom and acess
It should be free for researchers
In industry, it is an axiom that no company change its access policies without conducting and circulating a formal impact review. In the absence of such an impact statement, why move forward with such a drastic access change?
Knowledge belongs to everyone and it should be freely available.