[GOAL] Re: Japan's National OA Mandate for ETDs.

[Hans Pfeiffenberger]

Am 02.04.13 16:15, schrieb Heather Morrison:
> One reason is that it is common ... for students to go on to  
> revise and submit either portions of a thesis or the entire thesis for  
> re-publication as articles or books. ... For  
> this reason, it will generally be in the best interest of the student  
> /*to reserve the right to create derivatives and commercial use.*/
which of course they have and do not need to expressly "reserve" when
they issue their work under CC-BY.

It is another discussion whether they need the *exclusive* rights to
do so.

a) Their and others' academic ability to cut and paste (or whichever
way to create derivatives) or earn reputation from derivatives made by
others, is governed more by good research/academic practises than
by *any* license.

b) whether they need to *sign over exclusive* commercial rights (or
to create derivative) is an issue still under discussion, pending real
evidence.
Even if their preferred publisher pretends he needs these exclusive
rights,
your poor (humanities ?) scholar would give away once and for all those
very rights you say (s)he needs.

best,

Hans





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