[Upd-discuss] Access to Knowledge Treaty

[Richard Stallman]

    I don't think putting all research under government control will solve the
    problem.  I don't think merely removing publication control is quite
    enough. The researchers are still vulnerable to retribution.

Those two statements seem to disagree, in spirit--a big change won't
solve the problem, but a small change isn't quite enough.  However, I
am not quite sure what putting research "under government control"
means to you.

What makes researchers at universities vulnerable to corporate
retribution is corporate funding of university research.  I think this
should be eliminated--governments should tax corporations more, and
give the money to universities for research, as in the past.  However,
I am not sure whether that fits in a treaty about "access to
knowledge".