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You argued that it should be published in public immediately. You didn't say why this is important.

Clearly it's open important for those who actually have to keep up with the literature and they're in institutions that have access. (Again, limiting this to American research & American funding).

I like reading papers, especially in areas that I'm not trained in. But I don't need to keep up with research that was published in the past 6 month. There is no practical need.

> Scientific publishing is a cancer.

Without getting into specifics, I can agree in general. You should talk off the record (think conference) to some editors to see what they think about the whole situation.