<div class="gmail_extra">Dear Sridhar, <br><br>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: <br><br><i>The Online Guide to Open Access Journals Publishing</i> developed by <a href="http://www.co-action.net/" target="_blank">Co-Action Publishing</a> and <a href="http://www.lub.lu.se/en.html" target="_blank">Lund University Libraries Head Office</a> with support from the <a href="http://www.kb.se/english/" target="_blank">National Library of Sweden</a> and <a href="http://www.nordbib.net/" target="_blank">Nordbib</a>, which says that "The easiest and most recommended means of meeting this Open Access standard is to adopt one of the <a href="http://creativecommons.org/">Creative Commons licenses</a>,
in particular the CC-BY (the most liberal license, allowing all forms
of re-use)..." (<a href="http://www.doaj.org/bpguide/set-up/3/#2-3-3-4-adopt-licensingcopyright-policy">http://www.doaj.org/bpguide/set-up/3/#2-3-3-4-adopt-licensingcopyright-policy</a>); <br>
<br>The SPARC Europe and the Directory of Open Access Journals <i>SPARC Europe Seal for Open Access Journals</i>: "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<br>
Budapest Open Access Initiative" (<a href="http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=loadTempl&templ=080423" target="_blank">http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=loadTempl&templ=080423</a>); <br><br><i>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</i> - 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." (<a href="http://oaspa.org/blog/2010/01/" target="_blank">http://oaspa.org/blog/2010/01/</a>); and <br>
<br>SURF recommendation to use the most liberal Creative Commons license for articles, which is CC BY (for the detailed<br>recommendations please read the report <i>Reuse of material in the context of education and research</i> 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: <a href="http://www.surf.nl/en/publicaties/Pages/Reuseofmaterial.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.surf.nl/en/publicaties/Pages/Reuseofmaterial.aspx</a>). <br>
<br>Best wishes,<br>Iryna<br><br><div><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:20px;text-align:left">Iryna Kuchma<br>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 26 April 2012 13:38, Sridhar Gutam <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gutam2000@gmail.com" target="_blank">gutam2000@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear All,<br><br>In the year 2009, when we launched the Open Access Journal of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (OAJMAP) <<a href="http://www.oajmap.in" target="_blank">http://www.oajmap.in</a>> from Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Association of India (MAPAI) <<a href="http://www.mapai.co.nr" target="_blank">http://www.mapai.co.nr</a>> we have asked a question on a OA forum on what should be the suitable CC license to apply for the OAJMAP.<br>
<br>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'.<br><br>Why?? the license says -- No Derivative Works — You may not alter, transform, or build upon this work.<br>
<br>But, all the research is derived out from the existing and new things would be built on the existing.<br><br>I would like to advice to the Editorial Board, OAJMAP and the Management Committee, MAPAI to go for CC-BY.<br>
<br>Whats your suggestions pleases??<br><br>Sridhar<br><br><br>__________________________________________________________<span><font color="#888888"><br>Sridhar Gutam PhD, ARS, Patent Laws (NALSAR), IP & Biotech. (WIPO)<br>
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