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Open Science: Open Source Licences In Scientific Research, Andres Guadamuz

Andres Guadamuz

sometime even commercially successful systems. Amongst these models, one of the most interesting licenses is that offered by so-called copyleft licenses, which are licenses that allow software to be transferred with the insurance that the source code will remain open, with the caveat that anyone who redistributes the software, with or without changes, must pass along the freedom to further copy and change it.

However, software development is not the only area in which this licensing model could apply. The viral nature of copyleft licenses has generated a considerable amount of interest in circles that transcend software development. The idea …

The Master's Tools V. The Master's House: Creative Commons V. Copyright, Severine Dusollier

Severine Dusollier

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