The idea of joint ownership of research reports by the author and the author's institution needs to be analyzed in detail, but, on the face of it, it is not obvious that it would diminish the rights or conflict with the needs of the authors of refereed-journal papers (the only literature to which my own writing on this subject is pertinent). (Elliott Lieb Where there is no question of seeking royalty or fee for the text, one's university can only be an ally, one would think. But please let us not confuse this question with that of royalty- or fee-based writing, as of books, popular magazine articles, etc. That is another kettle of fish, as is the question of software copyright, patents, etc. See: http://www.princeton.edu/~harnad/ or http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/
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