Dear all, We're having some discussion in our research group here about the RCUK policy, and there's a point of interpretation, which I wonder if you've resolved yourselves.
The question is whether RCUK policy on green OA implies a specific licence, and in particular whether it implies CC-BY-NC. I don't really want to discuss what the policy *should* be, if you don't mind - just trying to understand what the policy *is*. Linked from the RCUK's main outputs page <http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/research/Pages/outputs.aspx> are two documents. One is the main policy document <http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/documents/documents/RCUK%20_Policy_on_Access_to_Research_Outputs.pdf> - it clearly says (sec 4.1) that gold must be CC-BY, while for green (sec 4.2) it says "the journal must allow deposit [...] in other repositories, without restrictions on non-commercial re-use and within a defined period." So it seems clear to me that that is not a positive requirement for a specific licence, but a negative requirement that we cannot do green OA that bans commercial use. The guidance document linked just below it does not narrow down green any further. However, linked from *the same page* is a presentation <http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/documents/documents/Thorley_RCUK_November2012.pdf) which very clearly (slide 10) says "Green (at least post print) with a maximum embargo period of 6(12) months, and CC-BY-NC". Both of these cannot be true, or else I'm misinterpreting something. Does the Thorley presentation contain a mistaken assertion, or a missing context? Thanks Dan -- Dan Stowell Postdoctoral Research Assistant Centre for Digital Music Queen Mary, University of London Mile End Road, London E1 4NS http://www.elec.qmul.ac.uk/digitalmusic/people/dans.htm http://www.mcld.co.uk/ _______________________________________________ GOAL mailing list GOAL@eprints.org http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal
