Looking around the Empirical Software Engineering journal from Springer, I realized that there is an option about licensing the work using a libre license (let me use the term “libre” as free as in free beer and as in free speech, as usual). At least this is what I understand from the open access website of Springer (hopefully, I’m not missing anything 
):
Anyone is free:
- to copy, distribute, and display the work;
- to make derivative works;
- to make commercial use of the work.
In fact, in the current volume: December 2011, the last paper is accessible by everyone.
However, as far as I know, the open access journals usually ask for money to the authors since part of their business model is missed by the “openness” of the papers.
Does anyone know how this works in the case of Springer if I want to license my work under a creative commons license?
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