Research Software Rights Management Guide

The Research Software Rights Management Guide addresses the types of open source licences and other considerations you (as a researcher) should have in deciding which licence to adopt for sharing.

Contents

• Introduction
  • Background
  • Permissive Licences
  • Copyleft Licences
• Considerations when selecting a licence
  • What licences are incorporated into my software?
  • Are there implications for where I host my software?
  • Do I want derivatives, additions and distributions to use the same licence?
  • Can others use my software in their proprietary software?
• Recommended licences
  • Ab initio development and permissive licences
  • Copyleft Licences and Incompatibility
  • Further Reading and Resources on Licensing
  • Popular Open-Source Licences
• Comments on Workflows, Techniques and Algorithms
  • Workflows
  • Algorithms and Techniques
• Acknowledgements

Version date:  June 2021
DOI:  10.5281/zenodo.5003961
Licence: Creative commons 4.0
Attribution: Australian Research Data Commons

Australian Research Data Commons 2021, ARDC Research Software Rights Management Guide, Zenodo, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5003961.

Australian Research Data Commons. (2021). ARDC Research Software Rights Management Guide. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5003961

Australian Research Data Commons. “ARDC Research Software Rights Management Guide.” Zenodo, 2021, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5003961.

Australian Research Data Commons. ARDC Research Software Rights Management Guide. Zenodo. 2021. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5003961

Australian Research Data Commons. “ARDC Research Software Rights Management Guide.” Zenodo, 2021. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5003961.

Australian Research Data Commons, “ARDC Research Software Rights Management Guide,” Zenodo, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5003961

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