[GOAL] Re: what is a suitable CC license for an scholarly open access journal

[Iryna Kuchma]

Dear Sridhar,

I agree with you that CC BY ND license is quite restrictive and that CC BY
is an optimal solution. Perhaps in your advice you can refer to:

*The Online Guide to Open Access Journals Publishing* developed by Co-Action
Publishing <http://www.co-action.net/> and Lund University Libraries Head
Office <http://www.lub.lu.se/en.html> with support from the National
Library of Sweden <http://www.kb.se/english/> and
Nordbib<http://www.nordbib.net/>,
which says that "The easiest and most recommended means of meeting this
Open Access standard is to adopt one of the Creative Commons
licenses<http://creativecommons.org/>,
in particular the CC-BY (the most liberal license, allowing all forms of
re-use)..." (
http://www.doaj.org/bpguide/set-up/3/#2-3-3-4-adopt-licensingcopyright-policy);


The SPARC Europe and the Directory of Open Access Journals *SPARC Europe
Seal for Open Access Journals*: "In order for open access journals to be
even more useful and thus receive more exposure and provide more value to
the research community it is very important that open access journals offer
standardized, easily retrievable information about what kinds of reuse are
allowed. Therefore, we are advising that all journals provide clear and
unambiguous statements regarding the copyright statement of the papers they
publish. To qualify for the SPARC Europe Seal a journal must use the
Creative Commons BY (CC BY) license, which is the most user-friendly
license and corresponds to the ethos of the
Budapest Open Access Initiative" (
http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=loadTempl&templ=080423);

*Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) response to the
OSTP’s request for public comment on Public Access Policies for Science and
Technology Funding Agencies Across the Federal Government* - free re-use is
as important as free access: "One of the key motivations of Open Access
publishing is to maximize the potential impact of any piece of published
research by removing any barrier to access or reuse of that work. The best
way to achieve that is to attach a Creative Commons Attribution license (CC
BY) to each and every publication. Among other things, the use of a CC BY
assures that researchers and institutions are free to post the final
published version of that work in any repository, archive, etc., removing
concerns about the circulation of multiple versions of a particular
article. Moreover, from an Open Access publishing perspective, archives and
repositories also provide additional channels for disseminating authors’
work and encouraging re-use, leading to greater impact." (
http://oaspa.org/blog/2010/01/); and

SURF recommendation to use the most liberal Creative Commons license for
articles, which is CC BY (for the detailed
recommendations please read the report *Reuse of material in the context of
education and research* produced for SURFdirect, the digital rights
expertise community for higher education; authors: Paul Keller - Creative
Commons Netherlands, Wilma Mossink – SURFdirect; editing Annemiek van der
Kuil, SURFdirect:
http://www.surf.nl/en/publicaties/Pages/Reuseofmaterial.aspx).

Best wishes,
Iryna

Iryna Kuchma
  EIFL Open Access Programme Manager
iryna.kuchma at eifl.net
skype: iryna.kuchma
twitter:@irynakuchma
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On 26 April 2012 13:38, Sridhar Gutam <gutam2000 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> In the year 2009, when we launched the Open Access Journal of Medicinal
> and Aromatic Plants (OAJMAP) <http://www.oajmap.in> from Medicinal and
> Aromatic Plants Association of India (MAPAI) <http://www.mapai.co.nr> we
> have asked a question on a OA forum on what should be the suitable CC
> license to apply for the OAJMAP.
>
> We were told and we also got convienced that we should go for CC BY ND.
> But now as we are progressing, I feel unfortable in using 'ND'.
>
> Why?? the license says -- No Derivative Works — You may not alter,
> transform, or build upon this work.
>
> But, all the research is derived out from the existing and new things
> would be built on the existing.
>
> I would like to advice to the Editorial Board, OAJMAP and the Management
> Committee, MAPAI to go for CC-BY.
>
> Whats your suggestions pleases??
>
> Sridhar
>
>
> __________________________________________________________
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> Senior Scientist (Plant Physiology)
> Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture
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