Licensing Research Data for Reuse Rachael G. Samberg Scholarly Communica5on Officer dirkcuys, CC-BY-SA, h2ps://flic.kr/p/jAZBNr
LicensingResearchDataforReuse
RachaelG.SambergScholarlyCommunica5onOfficerdirkcuys,CC-BY-SA,h2ps://flic.kr/p/jAZBNr
DataPublishing
h2ps://www.pinterest.com/pin/571886852656265790/
DataLicensing
RachaelG.Samberg,CC-BY-NC-SA
A9ribu5on License
Dan4thNicholas,CC-BY,h2ps://flic.kr/p/8PEZiG Sakaki0214,CC-BY-NC-ND,h2ps://flic.kr/p/9jykF1
Whyshouldweeverlicensedata?
LicensediStockillustraUon495294038
• Transparency• Fundermandates• Increasescholarlyimpact• DownstreaminnovaUon• Thecommons
Licensingsupports…
• Whatagreementsdidyouenterinto?– Studentvs.Faculty– Employmentagreements/worksforhire
• UCBerkeley:©policiesplusAcademicPersonnelManual– Grantterms/sponsoredprojects– Website/databasetermsofuse– Licensefromotherresearcher
Whatcanyoulicense?
• Howdoescopyrightaffectlicensingrights?– Whatiscopyright?
• Exclusiverights,limitedperiodofUme• Protectsexpressionandnotfacts/ideas.No“sweatofthebrow”reward.• Butnotallfacetsofdatasetsare“pure”facts.
Whatcanyoulicense?
– Factsvs.compilaUons– Expressive&qualitaUvedata– (Thin)layersofprotecUonfordatabases
• Expressivedata• OrganizaUonalstructures• DescripUvemetadata
Howcopyrightplaysoutfordata…
• “Suigeneris”databaserights(EUandS.Korea)– Propertyrightrewardingeffortinobtainingdata– Non-commercialexcepUon– AnEU/SK-createddatabase,usedinEU/SK
Otherissuestoconsider
• Tradesecrets– Infoderives$valuefromnotbeinggenerallyknown– MustbesubjecttoreasonableprotecUonmeasures
• Privacy– Coreprincipalofethicalresearchandlawofmanycountries
– PrecauUonstoanonymizeorprotectenoughtolicensereuse?
Otherissuestoconsider
ByH.Zell-Ownwork,CCBY-SA3.0,https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19861846
InContext:CrepidulaFornicataLarvalDevelopment
BioDataRetrievalInvertebrateResultsDataSetDescription,https://aquatic.biodata.usgs.gov/previewData.action
Example:LicensingFederally-FundedData
AgreementwithpublisherBioMedCentraljournalsmeans:CC0waiverforallpublisheddata.
FunderagreementwithNIHmeans:Authorchooseslicensebutmustbeopen
ByGlendaGreen(Ownwork)[CCBY3.0(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)],viaWikimediaCommons
Example:LicensingNon-Fed-FundedData
RachaelG.Samberg,CC-BY-NC-SA
HowtoLicenseYourData
h2ps://pixabay.com/en/mollusk-sea-snail-animal-marine-533941/,CC0
CC0(Waiver)
PublicDomain(Label)
CC-BY(License)
SampleOp5ons
• Avoidambiguity
orifyoucan
canàconfusion• Licensedoesn’tcoverfacts,sowhat’sprotected?• EvenCC-Bydoesn’trequirea2ribuUonfornon-©facts,sowhatareyougaining?• Scholarlynormssuggesta2ribuUon,soyou’renot“losingout”bygoingwithCC0instead
Choosing
• DataONEDash=releasedtopublicdomainunderCCwaiver(CC0)
• UCDash=releasedunderCCa2ribuUonlicense(CC-By)
SampleRepositoryTerms
[email protected],contacttheRDMConsulUngteamat:[email protected]
Talkitthrough
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Fortney,K.(2016,Sep8).Who‘owns’yourdata?OfficeofScholarlyCommunica;onBlog,availableath2p://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/2016/09/who-owns-your-data/.
Fortney,K.(2016,Sep15).CCBy&data:Notalwaysagoodfit.OfficeofScholarlyCommunica;onBlog,availableath2p://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/2016/09/who-owns-your-data/.
Levine,M.(2014).Copyright,opendata,andtheavailability-usabilitygap,inResearchDataManagement:Prac;calStrategiesforInforma;onProfessionals(J.M.Ray,ed.),Purdue,In.:PurdueUniversityPress.
Nimmeretal.(2015).NimmeronCopyright,8-4,SecUon102.OpenKnowledgeFoundaUon(n.d.)Whyopendata?Availableath2ps://okfn.org/opendata/why-open-data/.Pechenik,J,&Tyrell,A.(2015).Larvaldietalterslarvalgrowthratesandpost-metamorphicperformanceinthe
marinegastropodCrepidulafornicata,MarineBiology,162:1597-1610.RDA-CODATALegalInteroperabilityInterestGroup(2016Oct20).Legalinteroperabilityofresearchdata:
PrinciplesandimplementaUonguidelines.Availableath2ps://zenodo.org/record/162241#.WBNkluErKL8
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