Licensing Policies

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Licensing Policies

Case Study 2: The Open Course Library of the Washington State Colleges

May 2, 2012

A case study from Game Changers Tom Caswell This chapter is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License This case study describes an initiative o…

Open Doors and Open Minds: What Faculty Authors Can Do to Ensure Open Access to Their Work Through Their Institution

April 17, 2008

This White Paper, written by Thinh Nguyen, is addressed to the faculty and administrators of academic institutions who support equitable access to scholarly research and knowledge, and who believ…

Opening the Door: How Faculty Authors Can Implement an Open Access Policy at Their Institutions

September 13, 2010

This White Paper, written by Simon Franke and Shannon Nestor, is intended as a companion to the "Open Door and Open Minds" SPARC/Science Commons White Paper of April 2008. The purpose o…

Recasting the Centralization-Decentralization Debate: Advancing the Innovation Support Cycle

May 13, 2008

This research bulletin explores the importance of focusing on innovation in decision-making about IT. Acknowledging the apparent dichotomy between the efficient use of resources in a centralized …

Software Regulations

May 23, 2006

This is the software purchasing and licensing policy for Oakland University. This is the software purchasing and licensing policy for Oakland Uni…

Policy on the Use of Tufts University Name and Insignias

May 5, 2010

Includes general guidelines and procedures on use of the Tufts University name, includes course materials and any materials prepared for use in connection with courses conducted at the Universit…

Digital Hollywood Mulls Changing Content Rights

January 1, 2006

Accenture and others are pushing digital rights management software that would identify the consumer rather than the device, so people can pay once and put the content on as many devices as they wi…

Riding Through Turbulence: IP Rights for Knowledge Producers

December 6, 2005

The complex issues surrounding intellectual property rights for knowledge producers, institutions, publishers, and others continue to evolve and impact higher education in general and society at …

LibLicense: Licensing Digital Information; a Resource for Librarians

January 1, 2004

This web site, concerning the licensing of digital content, includes model license, software, terms, bibliography, publishers' and authors' licenses and national site license initiatives.…

Proprietary Software

January 1, 2002

This policy deals with license agreements that restrict the use of the software to specific computer systems and that require the University to limit the use and copying of the software. …