Hi :-),
Many universities are setting up what they call open access repositories
where people can freely access scientific work (articles, dissertations,
etc.) online. However, most of them do not have a word on licensing, either
by displaying a CC license or by making explicit the terms of
Hi José
Most Open Access sites have a license statement in the footer of the page
or in a page the provides details regarding their licensing (sometimes you
really have to look for it). For example: BMJ. They are listed on the
Open Access Week site, but most of the work they host is not
Sorry for cross posting
LEARNING THROUGH SHARING: OPEN RESOURCES, OPEN PRACTICES, OPEN COMMUNICATION
Centro Interfacoltà di Linguistica Teorica ed Applicata (CILTA)
University of Bologna, 29-30 March 2012
This two-day conference focuses on the impact of adopting openness as a key
principle
Thank you Ellen, Daniel and Wayne for your feedback :-),
I think I am not mistaken in thinking that the default of anything
available for free online that doesn't have a license or explicit terms of
use is traditional copyright. In my view, that is the case with
repositories (I am referring to
Hi José
Yes you are correct, the default position in the absence of any license
statement is all-rights reserved, unless the copyright has expired and the
resource is in the public domain.
Agreed -- while open access is better than no access, from an intellectual
property rights perspective
The problem is the terminology used. Open access in its original meaning meant
that journals were both without price barriers and without permission barriers.
This is the meaning used in both the Budapest and Berlin statements.
However, some in the publishing world are using the term open
Hi John,
Agreed -- the gratis and libre differences permeate the OA field as well.
In addition Peter Subers'
distinctionhttp://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/overview.htm between
green OA and gold OA (delivery vehicles) is also a useful classification.
The permissions associated with derivative
Hi everyone,
In February this year, UNESCO and the OER Foundation announced the OER
university concept which aims to provide free learning for all students
worldwidehttp://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=31227URL_DO=DO_TOPICURL_SECTION=201.html
.
In November of the same year, thirteen
