Burkov emails authors to freely host their papers; some weirdos just say no
burkov · x · 2026-10-04
AI author Andriy Burkov shares his practice of hosting papers on ChapterPal: when a paper isn't under a permissive Creative Commons license or in the public domain, and the copyright belongs to the authors (not IEEE or Elsevier), he emails them asking permission to make it freely readable for scientists and students. Most authors never reply; those who do usually say "Sure, thanks for asking." But a few take the time to reply "No" — and he responds with a polite message while wishing he could say what he really thinks. A light anecdote about academic publishing and open access culture.
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