Friends, I received this from Prof. Peter Suber. Let us work towards promoting rights retention policy in higher education institutions and all research performing institutions in India. - Arun ***** I agree with Arun that few publishers, if any, would reject a submission just because it comes with an author addendum. An author addendum is a proposed revision to the contract, which publishers can take or leave. Publishers can reject the addendum without rejecting the submission, and many do. I don't know of a single case in which the publisher rejected the submission itself because of the proposed addendum. However, I believe that some publishers are already on the record as desk-rejecting submissions that come with Plan-S-style rights-retention notices. Plan S will track these publishers in its Journal Checker Tool. As far as I know, no publisher has ever rejected a submission just because it was covered by a Harvard-style rights-retention OA policy. There are at least 85 universities in North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australasia with these kinds of rights-retention policies. However, as a matter of law (not current practice or prediction), publishers may reject any submission for any reason. Best, Peter -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.