What if they threw a party and none of us came?

" agree with Brian Lamb that we should not hoard knowledge, nor should we restrict it, by charging others for the priviledge of reading it. Further, academics should not be constrained by the old economic models of publishing that still prevail. We should make our knowledge freely available to anyone who wants to read it using free and open services. That is the 'prime directive' of the open access, open educational resources movement. The powers that be don't like it, and neither I assume, will the publishers if everyone starts doing it. What if they threw a party and none of us came? ..."