I am glad to hear that they are willing to negotiate on this point.  I
know that in some states, or at least NC, public law mandates that these
confidentiality clauses be removed for licenses for state institutions.
We wouldn't have been permitted to sign a license with Nature had they
not removed the clause.

Good news for everyone,
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Rick Anderson wrote:
> I have just received a message from my sales rep at Nature telling me
> that the negotiated version of our license will no longer include
> language about pricing confidentiality -- and that, furthermore, Nature
> will be posting its prices publicly as of September 1 of this year.
>
> Anyone who is planning to attend my SOLINET class on license negotiation
> in Atlanta next month can expect this issue to be on the agenda.  :-)
>
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> Rick Anderson
> Dir. of Resource Acquisition
> University of Nevada, Reno Libraries
> (775) 784-6500 x273
> rickand@unr.edu
>