Not for Springer though, right ? From Springer FAQ ( <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.springer.com&#x2F;gp&#x2F;open-access&#x2F;authors-rights&#x2F;faq-about-authors-rights&#x2F;2114" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.springer.com&#x2F;gp&#x2F;open-access&#x2F;authors-rights&#x2F;faq-ab...</a> )<p>&quot;I don’t want to transfer my copyright. What should I do?<p>You can choose to publish your article open access in Springer’s Open Choice program or one of our SpringerOpen journals. Publishing an article with open access leaves the copyright with the author. The article is published under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY), which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited&quot;