Copyright in the published work remains with the author
The author grants the publisher a licence to publish the work
The licence takes effect as soon as the publisher has indicated that it wishes to publish the work
Once the article has been published, the author can make it publicly accessible – in the form in which it was published by publisher – by making it available as part of a digital scientific collection, a ’repository’.
If the publisher so requests, the start of public accessibility can be delayed for a maximum of six months.
PS: Also see our past posts on DEFF and KE. DEFF is one of the founding partners of KE.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 2/20/2009 01:39:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
