Maybe my question is naive, but:
If my paper was publish as open access (for example in Springer - http://www.springer.com/gp/open-access), could I upload the paper in researchgate.net and similar sites?
Answer
Open access comes in two degrees: gratis open access, which is free online access, and libre open access, which is free online access plus some additional usage rights.These additional usage rights are often granted through the use of various specific Creative Commons licenses. Only libre open access is fully compliant with definitions of open access such as the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities.
See Gratis versus libre for more ideas.
As a result, it depends on the contract you agreed to when submitting your article to the open access journal.
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