Peter and Sander, I've managed to have a talk with those concerned at SSI.
>From what I understand, there is a plan to move to a CC BY license next year. This requires discussion with any authors who may require to publish under a different licence to ensure that their rights are not infringed. Kind regards, Iain On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 3:35 PM, Peter Murray-Rust <[email protected]> wrote: > The NC clause is incompatible with ?all FLOSS licences (which are close to > CC-BY), so it doesn't make much sense for SSI to adopt it. (Technically it > could still apply to documents and tutorial). I'd urge them to change it to > BY. > > On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 3:23 PM, Sander van der Waal < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Iain, >> >> Thanks for sharing the announcement - it looks like an interesting >> workshop on important topic. >> >> What I find a bit concerning is that I just noticed on the SSI's website >> <http://www.software.ac.uk/> that the default licence is Creative >> Commons Non-Commercial - ie. a non-open licence = not open according to the >> Open >> Definition <http://opendefinition.org/>. >> >> It would be amazing if the SSI could adopt a truly open licence >> <http://opendefinition.org/about/> like CC-BY or CC-BY-SA so everyone >> could benefit from the work that is being shared and that it will be easier >> to build freely on the SSI's work. Do you think it would be possible to >> take that into consideration and change the default licence? >> >> Best, >> >> Sander >> >> On 24 November 2014 at 11:52, Iain Emsley <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> * Apologies for cross posting * >>> >>> Morning all, >>> >>> The Software Sustainability Institute is running a a one-day workshop >>> for researchers on the subject of Intellectual Property (IP), >>> copyright, licensing and commercialisation. This will take place on 11 >>> December 2014 in Oxford. The event is free to attend (registration >>> required). >>> >>> http://bit.ly/ssi-ipclc >>> >>> Researchers often wonder, or simply don't know, about IP issues >>> related to their work. In particular those who work with software and >>> data often have a host of questions, but lack the right people to ask. >>> >>> The IPCLC workshop brings together researchers and other research >>> professionals and gets them up to speed on all aspects of IP. This >>> will provide researchers with the knowledge needed to make decisions >>> about the digital asset, and help them make contacts with the right >>> people if they want to ask for further advice. >>> >>> We have several key registrations from university staff with the >>> responsibility for IP and knowledge transfer at their institutions, >>> and we highly encourage more of these people to attend. Commercial >>> organisations who are interested in working with researchers on >>> start-ups will also be attending. >>> >>> Come to IPCLC and get your voice heard and your questions answered! >>> >>> For more information and registration please visithttp:// >>> bit.ly/ssi-ipclc >>> >>> (Disclosure: I work part time for SSI) >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Iain >>> >>> Iain Emsley >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> okfn-discuss mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss >>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/okfn-discuss >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> >> *Sander van der Waal Projects Director | @sandervdwaal >> <https://twitter.com/sandervdwaal>Open Knowledge >> <http://okfn.org/>Empowering through Open Knowledgehttp://okfn.org/ >> <http://okfn.org/> | @okfn <http://twitter.com/OKFN> | OKF on Facebook >> <https://www.facebook.com/OKFNetwork> | Blog <http://blog.okfn.org/> | >> Newsletter <http://okfn.org/about/newsletter>* >> >> _______________________________________________ >> okfn-en mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-en >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/okfn-en >> >> > > > -- > Peter Murray-Rust > Reader in Molecular Informatics > Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry > University of Cambridge > CB2 1EW, UK > +44-1223-763069 > > _______________________________________________ > okfn-en mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-en > Unsubscribe: https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/okfn-en > >
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