[Dspace-general] Licenses

[MacKenzie Smith]

Hi Merle,

At MIT we do not produce a paper copy of the submission license (signed or 
otherwise) -- I think that would be extremely impractical for the volume of 
submissions we get. The default license does cover the case where the 
submitter is not the author, requiring that they (the submitter) have the 
authority to approve the license on behalf of the author (whether the 
submitter is a department's admin assistant submitting a paper on behalf of 
a faculty member, or whether the submitter is a faculty member submitting a 
paper she co-authored with others, etc.)

We have a verbal agreement with new Communities when they join, but do not 
require them to sign a legal MOU (as does, for example, the CDL 
eScholarship repository). Some institutions will definitely want to 
consider a legal agreement with Communities, but we felt it was too much 
here, and would frighten off potential Communities unnecessarily.

We're also in the process of adding support to DSpace for (optional) 
Creative Commons licenses (US version) which would cover the end-user 
rights to use the content -- yet another twist on the copyright and 
licensing maze!

This is murky legal territory, and there is risk involved, but we hope to 
use this opportunity to educate ourselves and our faculty about what our 
options really are.

I hope this is helpful,

MacKenzie

At 12:22 PM 6/3/2004 -0400, Merle Steeves wrote:
>I am interested to know if DSpace implementers are requiring a signed 
>paper copy of the Non-Exclusive License with every item submitted. I know 
>that DSpace saves a digital copy of the license with every submission but 
>it is not clear to me whether people are collecting a signed paper copy as 
>well. Are some requiring only a paper copy from the community as a whole? 
>What do people do when the submitter is not the creator/copyright holder?
>
>Thanks for any help,
>
>Merle.
>
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>Merle Steeves
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