Copyright and licences
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is an online resource which aggregates and analyses publisher open access policies from around the world and provides summaries of self-archiving permissions and conditions of rights given to authors on a journal-by-journal basis. Repository managers and authors can use this service to find out which version of their articles can be self-archived under what condition.
University of Southampton Library provides a comprehensive guide for the definitions of article versions to be uploaded in a repository as well as explaining Creative Commons license open licences.
About implementing open access clauses in publisher licenses, check out COAR report called published in 2014/
Creative Commons open licences are explained in detail with examples on their .
Repository softwares can be configured to have licensing step in the uploading process. For instance, for DSpace visit their Wiki page on ""
: Publisher policies of Portuguese journals regarding the self-archiving.
: Summaries of editorial policies of Spanish journals regarding self-archiving.
: Publisher policies of French journals regarding self-archiving.
