Publishing Companies Are Mad That The U.S. President Might Want To Make Federally-Funded Research Open Access | Gizmodo Australia

"Scientific societies and publishers are angry about a rumour that a White House executive order might make all federally-funded research open access.

If the rumours turn out to be true, the Trump administration would expand a program introduced by the Obama administration in 2013 that made federally-funded research available in the U.S. a year after publication. The rumoured Trump order would make federally-funded research immediately available as open access. It would be a win for the open access movement—and a loss for those who make money by putting walls up in front of federally-funded research...."