It kind of bothers me that one of the richest universities in the world is receiving foundation funding for research in open access. Surely the money could be better spent elsewhere? I also worry that MIT will simply take the money and try to find a way to commercialize open access texts, under the heading of 'sustainability' or some such thing, much the way they've approached similar projects in the past. MIT has made a lot of money on open access initiatives over the years; I would encourage them to consider ways of giving to the community, rather than taking from it.
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