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ACM agrees I think: https://dl.acm.org/openaccess

> Beginning January 2026, all ACM publications and related artifacts in the ACM Digital Library will be made open access.

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Wait, so did this already happen and it just didn’t get attention?
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It was a front page story here on HN back in December 2025:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46313991

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It got a lot of discussion here when it happened and before as they phased it in.
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