Words cannot describe how happy this makes me. My pet peeve is being addressed!<p>I dream of the day when I can learn science, as a non-university-affiliated citizen, by simply surfing from primary reference to primary reference via inline links.
I think this is great. During orientation they discuss how to amend copyright agreements so that you retain the rights to publish your papers on your website etc. I'm glad they are making it official.
It's great that they're doing this, but I wonder: what is causing this sudden swing toward openness? Have they always wanted to open their research, but just never been able to do so economically until the Internet came along?