Glossary

Licence

Published June 21 2024 | Revised June 19 2024

Licence

A statement from a copyright holder telling users what they may and may not do with a copyrighted work. Open licenses, such as those from Creative Commons (CC), permit different degrees of open access. In the absence of an open license, a copyrighted work is under an all-rights-reserved copyright, its users may not exceed fair use (or the local equivalent). Also see gratis open access; libre open access.

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Choosing a licence

Contracting and copyright

How will researchers use, re-use and build upon my research?