[cc-community] Creative-Commons Copyright for Thesis

Andres Guadamuz a.guadamuz at ed.ac.uk
Fri Jun 8 01:52:00 EDT 2007


In my experience, archiving offices tend to be rather inflexible when it
comes to licensing.

I have two questions:

1. Do you have to archive with your institution? If this is a
requirement for your graduation, then do whatever you need to do and
forget about it, but choose the less restrictive option, and then
self-archive somewhere online (SSRN or with other self-archiving method).
2. If you don't need to archive with them, then self-archive under a CC
licence.

Regards,

Andres

Muthiah Annamalai wrote:
> Hello there,
>
> I'm a grad student at this school and I am writing my thesis.
> I'm a big fan of open-[access,source,wiki] concepts, and contribute
> from  time to time.
>
> The thesis document process at my school is generally archived at UMI.
> They have 2 options either a restrictive copyright agreement, or something
> like the GFDL. I wouldn't want either. I want to use a copyright agreement
> that would allow non-commercial use, with attribution and free
> distribution
> of the document.
>
> The problem is, I want this copy of the document to be archived in the
> UMI
> repository, and I will be paying them to do it. Moreover, they get
> subscription money
> from libraries to access the archive. So that is how it works, now. I
> pay them money
> for them to make more money, and not helping me with a proper
> copyright agreement
> of my own choice (from Creative Commons ofcourse).
>
> I had written to the UMI but Im being  jerked around from one place to
> another. My
> school doesnt really care; I want the UMI to host the document in
> open-access, but
> under a copyright agreement of my choice.
>
> Any and all help is appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Muthu
>
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