Discussion of the ways in which open access (OA) and academic freedom interact is fraught for a number of reasons, not least of which is the unwillingness of some participants in the discussion to acknowledge that OA might have any implications for academic freedom at all. Thus, any treatment of such implications must begin with foundational questions. Most basic among them are: first, what do we mean by ‘open access’; second, what do we mean by ‘academic freedom’? The answers to these questions are not as obvious as one might expect (or hope), but when they are answered it becomes much easier to address a third, also very important, question: in what ways might OA and academic freedom interact? With every new OA mandate imposed by a government agency, institution of higher education, or funding organization, careful analysis of this issue becomes more urgent. This article attempts to sort out some of these issues, controversies and confusions.

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开放获取和学术自由：消除一些重要的细微差别

关于开放获取（OA）和学术自由互动方式的讨论有很多原因，其中最重要的原因是讨论中的一些参与者不愿承认OA可能对学术自由有任何影响。因此，对这种影响的任何处理都必须从根本性问题开始。其中最基本的是：首先，我们所说的“开放访问”是什么意思；第二，“学术自由”是什么意思？这些问题的答案并不像人们期望的那样（或希望）那么明显，但是当回答它们时，解决第三个也是非常重要的问题变得容易得多：OA和学术自由可以通过什么方式相互作用？随着政府机构，高等教育机构或资助组织对OA的每项新规定，对这个问题进行仔细分析变得更加紧迫。本文试图解决其中的一些问题，争议和困惑。