Horst Hippler, spokesperson for the DEAL consortium states that "taxpayers have a right to read what they are paying for" and that "publishers must understand that the route to open-access publishing at an affordable price is irreversible".
物理化学家Horst Hippler，DEAL联合体的发言人，陈述指“纳税人有权阅读他们为之付出的东西”，且“出版商必须了解，转向价格可负担的开放获取出版，是不可逆的路线”。