What just happened with open access at the Journal of Vision? | Alex Holcombe's blog

"Vision researchers recently received an email from ARVO, the publisher of Journal of Vision, that begins: 'On January 1, 2016, Journal of Vision (JOV) will become open access. But in the view of most, JoV has been open access since its inception! It’s always been an author-pays, free access journal: all articles are published on its website and can be downloaded by anyone. But free-to-download is not enough for open access, not according to the definition of open access formulated in Budapest in 2001. Open access means (according to this definition) the right not only to download but also to distribute, … pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers 'But JoV, which has always held the copyright of the articles it publishes, says that 'All companies, commercial and nonprofit, should contact ARVO directly for permission to reprint articles or parts thereof'. Starting in 2016, such permission won’t be required. However, paying your $1,850 for standard publication in JoV in 2016 will not get you everything. The updated Budapest declaration recommends that journals use the license CC-BY.  But JoV‘s publisher has instead chosen to use the license CC BY-NC-ND ..."