Thank you for bringing this up -- this is a HUGE point. Publishers getting 12 months exclusivity really hurts in our connected era. The fact that this provision exists suggests to me that publishers have all their value crammed into the first days, weeks and months of a paper's reporting. After that, might as well give it away.

Thus the kudos for the Gates Foundation. Access now versus 1 year from now is a big deal for our interconnected era.