Mathieu ONeil <[email protected]> writes:
Ping from DOAJ. With a deadline this time.
Interesting.
So, having just gone through the list archive, seems a majority wanted CC0, but could live with CC-BY-SA.
I am glad to be part of this particular majority.
As should be abundantly clear by now, I don't particularly mind either way.
Sorry if this causes too many headaches. It is a classic "religious debate". All sides have been sharpening their arguments since a long time.
My only concern is that (a) we don't cause problems down the track and (b) we comply with their guidelines re legal transfer. Specifically, how does CC0 work with:
Your application also stated that the author does not hold the copyright without restrictions, and does not retain publishing rights without restrictions. However, I could not find any information about the copyright transfer requirement, or an indication of the rights holder for a published paper. This signals a lack of transparency in the authoring and publishing process. If you send me a link where this information can be found, I can update your DOAJ application.
My interpretation of CC0 is that: a. under a CC0 licence the author does not hold ANY copyright -- e.g. it is effectively a waiver of copyright -- where copyright is understood as the right of the author to distribute the material under consideration under a licence of her choice. b. technically, the consequence is that the author retains ALL publishing rights -- or to be more precise, is free from any publishing restrictions -- just like all other members of the general public.
Questions
1. So, what about author rights? Does anything else need to be specified? Or is CC0 a problem in this regard?
Was it a requirement that authors should retain their copyright? I think not (but maybe I remember badly). The requirement was that we are clear about author rights. I think CC0 is sufficiently clear (there is even a FAQ we can link to), it is just a matter of putting it on out website.
2. If its OK, how exactly do we phrase it? "All the contents of JoPP are in the Public Domain (CC0) that is to say free of copyright restrictions around the world. See https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ for more information on this license."
I am happy with the phrasing above. The CC0 page recommends "No Right Reserved", and a link to that page. I guess we should have a special page too, accessible from the main menu system, where we explain our stance. For that page I would just copy/paste the CC0 info page, without the examples: https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0
3. If its OK, Creative Commons have a mechanism to embed CC0 info in our site (I think). Do/can we do this? See: "CC0 Waiver
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