OA books, OA articles, OA journals
OA books, OA articles, OA journals
The Registry of Open Access Repository Mandates and Policies (ROARMAP) is a searchable international registry charting the growth of open access mandates and policies adopted by universities, research institutions and research funders that require or request their researchers to provide…
The integrity of the knowledge creation enterprise – and, with it, our future – depends on how effectively we can combat the spread of misinformation and democratize access to trustworthy, verifiable sources of information to stimulate progress in all areas…
Author Addendum – An author addendum is a supplemental or added agreement to a publishing contract that defines or changes the terms of the contract, often focusing on the transfer of copyright ownership. For authors of scholarly works, an author…
MIT License – An open and permissive software license.
Apache License – A free software license by the Apache Software Foundation.
GNU GPL (General Public License) – A free copyleft license for software and other kinds of works
BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) – A family of UNIX-like operating systems.
CC 0 – waiver of copyright; no rights reserved. Places content as openly as possible in the public domain.
CC ShareAlike (SA) – a license clause requiring that derivative works have the same licence as the original. Compatible with free cultural works.
CC NoDerivatives (ND) – a license clause requiring that derivatives are not made of the original works. Not compatible with free cultural works.
CC NonCommercial (NC) – a license clause allowing the reuse, sharing, and remixing of materials providing that it is for non-commercial purposes. Not compatible with free cultural works.
Libre OA – the paper is made available under an open licence, allowing it to be shared and reused, depending on which licence is used. (source) (Libre and Gratis refer to copyright and licensing restrictions)