User:Daniel Mietchen/Talks/CoSci12/Licensing

The current Open Access File of the Day
the beetle Neotermitosocius bolivianus
Kanao, T.; Eldredge, K.; Maruyama, M. (2012). "Two new genera and species of the termite symbiont lineage Termitohospitini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from Bolivia and peninsular Malaysia". ZooKeys (254): 67–87. doi:10.3897/zookeys.254.4043. PMC 3561922. PMID 23378816.
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Licensing

• Open licenses are key to allow interaction between Open Access, Open Science and Open Educational Resources.

Here, Open signifies that reuse is allowed beyond mere access.

• Many researchers, editors, educators and institutions struggle with the choice of the proper license, especially with respect to the non-commercial condition
• Plagiarism is often discussed in terms of copyright violations. This is wrong. Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg's dissertation would still be considered plagiarism if all his unreferenced sources would have been in the public domain. See Session 5 after the coffee break.

• Licensing issues around the 2008 Olympic Games/ IOC objects to Creative Commons license / In current Signpost
• Even clearly stated licensing conditions are widely ignored