Week 10 - Data licensing and publication

Part I - Data licensing

Learning goals

  • Become familiar with data licensing in the academic context.
  • Distinguish which research deliverables can or cannot be subject to copyright and explore alternatives to that.
  • Gain an understanding of the Creative Commons license family and the differences in their applicability.

Slides

slides-10-part1.pptx

Part II - Data publication

Learning goals

  • Understand the importance of publishing research data.
  • Identify and select appropriate approaches to data publication.
  • Explain the role of persistent identifiers.

Slides

slides-10-part2.pptx

Suggested readings*

  1. Carroll, M. W. (2015) Sharing Research Data and Intellectual Property Law: A Primer. PLoS Biol 13(8): e1002235. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002235

  2. Fay, C. (2019). Licensing R. https://thinkr-open.github.io/licensing-r

  3. Reitz, K., & Schlusser, T. (2022). The Hitchhiker’s guide to Python: best practices for development. ” O’Reilly Media, Inc.”. https://docs.python-guide.org/writing/license

*Useful links and other supporting materials are noted in the slides.

Homework

No homework this week!

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