the.com/open access
knowledge escapes the paywall and nobody has to email a stranger for the pdf.
means research and publications made free to read online, without subscriptions or per-article fees blocking the door.
from crystallized in the early 2000s with the budapest open access initiative (2002), a response to journal prices climbing faster than the research they published.
cost shiftauthors or funders often pay, not readers
green vs goldtwo flavors: self-archive free, or publish openly
plan seuropean funders now mandate it outright
sci-hub shadowpiracy filled the gap access left open