[WikiEN-l] Online Newspapers Considering Subscription Model

[Jay Litwyn]

I seriously doubt that any rule says that sources must be free. It helps in 
double-checking some statements if other people can at least see the 
abstract of an article, which is why pubmed...gov is so good. Old books 
might be better than new studies in some cases, and even when those are 
public domain, they are not really free. Someone has to pay time for 
scanning, or copying and supply web space, which is why project Gutenberg is 
so good.
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