SUNScholar/Licences

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Step 1 - Default Licence

Edit the following file:

nano $HOME/source/dspace/config/default.license

Please note: The license file only obeys "ASCII" characters, you cannot use any sort of markup since it is a legal artifact.

An example default submission licence can be viewd at:

http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/SUNScholar/Copyright

Step 2 - Creative Commons Licences

• https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSDOC5x/Configuration+Reference#ConfigurationReference-ConfiguringCreativeCommonsLicense
• https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSDOC4x/Configuration+Reference#ConfigurationReference-ConfiguringCreativeCommonsLicense
• https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSDOC3X/Configuration#Configuration-ConfiguringCreativeCommonsLicense
• https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSDOC18/Configuration#Configuration-ConfiguringCreativeCommonsLicense
• https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/LocaliseCreativeCommons
• https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/blob/master/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/license/CreativeCommons.java

Creative Commons

• Anything licensed CC-BY-NC-SA is open public access with attribution and no commercial use and share alike.
• Anything licensed CC-BY-NC is open public access with attribution and no commercial use.
• Anything licensed CC-BY-SA is open public access with attribution and share alike.
• Anything licensed CC-BY is open public access with attribution.
• Anything licensed CC-0 is open public access.

Creative Commons Discussion

• http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.ca/2012/10/critique-of-cc-by-series.html
• https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Open_Content_-_A_Practical_Guide_to_Using_Creative_Commons_Licences/Guide