We cannot rely on for-profit corporations to build open scholarly infrastructure

Key Points

• The analysis highlights growing concerns over for-profit corporations undermining open access principles.
• It notes the withdrawal of previously granted rights from Elsevier's primary math journals in recent years.
• The Cost of Knowledge declaration originally aimed to promote open access to scholarly work and challenge corporate control.
• The shift in Elsevier's policies raises questions about the sustainability of open scholarly infrastructure.