... but in a proprietary format (Windows and OS X only), shared by subscribers, free as in speech but not as in beer (as Slashdot comments point out).
"All research papers from Nature will be made free to read in a proprietary screen-view format that can be annotated but not copied, printed or downloaded, the journal’s publisher Macmillan announced on 2 December [2014]."
http://www.nature.com/news/nature-makes-all-articles-free-to-view-1.16460
Wonder how long it will take before download apps are developed or the handshakes by the software (Readcube) are hacked?
"All research papers from Nature will be made free to read in a proprietary screen-view format that can be annotated but not copied, printed or downloaded, the journal’s publisher Macmillan announced on 2 December [2014]."
http://www.nature.com/news/nature-makes-all-articles-free-to-view-1.16460
Wonder how long it will take before download apps are developed or the handshakes by the software (Readcube) are hacked?
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