Post #2328548
2026-03-31 07:54 UTC
@villavelius@mastodon.online @albertcardona@mathstodon.xyz
Experts told me that the court is unlikely to rule on the substance matter and simply strike down the mandate for formal reasons. I argued that a decision on the substance would help academia in Germany either way:
1. If it is indeed illigal to mandate authors where they must publish, then every job ad, funding description or tenure procedure that asks for "publications in journals" violates our constitutional rights.
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@brembs@mastodon.social 2026-03-31 07:55
@villavelius@mastodon.online @albertcardona@mathstodon.xyz 2. If it is not illegal, then OA mandates can indeed take effect in Germany. Win - win either way. I doubt the court is going to help us out,. though. It's a tough decision to make and requires expertise. Maybe that's why they're taking so many years to get to it?
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@villavelius@mastodon.online 2026-03-31 08:42
@brembs@mastodon.social @albertcardona@mathstodon.xyz I guess 'asking' is all right; just 'requiring' shouldn't be, right?