<div dir="ltr">And that, in the end, is the real reason journal articles should be free. Not because the U.S. government is making it a condition for taxpayer-funded research, although that is a welcome development. But because there's no part of the process that should cost very much to begin with, if article authors and peer reviewers are already being paid by their employers.<br>
<a href="http://science.slashdot.org/story/13/03/01/1331244/the-real-reason-journal-articles-should-be-free">http://science.slashdot.org/story/13/03/01/1331244/the-real-reason-journal-articles-should-be-free</a></div>