[GOAL] Re: OASPA Adds Licensing FAQs Page to Information Resources

[Timothy Vollmer]

On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 8:46 AM, Beall, Jeffrey
<Jeffrey.Beall at ucdenver.edu>wrote:

> Claire,****
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> I am delighted that OASPA is taking the lead on clarifying some of the
> confusion surrounding licensing OA journal articles. I see much confusion
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> The two biggest problems I see are 1). Contradictory licensing statements,
> such as the one shown below,
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Hi Jeffrey:

If you're referring to the presence of the CC mark in addition to the
copyright notice below it, these are not contradictory. CC licenses operate
on top of copyright, thus it is not inconsistent to list both of these.

timothy

> and 2). Individual journal articles that lack any licensing information at
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> I also see publishers that require authors to sign over copyright to the
> publisher but then license the articles with a CC BY license. ****
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> Jeffrey Beall, MA, MSLS, Associate Professor****
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> Scholarly Initiatives Librarian
> Auraria Library
> University of Colorado Denver
> 1100 Lawrence St.
> Denver, Colo.  80204 USA
> (303) 556-5936
> jeffrey.beall at ucdenver.edu****
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> *From:* goal-bounces at eprints.org [mailto:goal-bounces at eprints.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Claire Redhead
> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 05, 2013 8:12 AM
> *To:* goal at eprints.org
> *Subject:* [GOAL] OASPA Adds Licensing FAQs Page to Information Resources*
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> During the review procedure for publishers applying to join OASPA, one of
> the key requirements is appropriate licensing of published material.  This
> area can often be the source of the most confusion, particularly for
> smaller organisations.  With this in mind, OASPA has posted this set of
> licensing FAQs to help publishing organisations and individuals find out
> more.  See
> http://oaspa.org/information-resources/frequently-asked-questions/.****
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> Claire Redhead
> Membership & Communications Manager
> Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association, OASPA
> www.oaspa.org****
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