02.16.17 Licensing Your Research Data for Reuse

LicensingResearchDataforReuse

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DataPublishing

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DataLicensing

RachaelG.Samberg,CC-BY-NC-SA

A9ribu5on License

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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

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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

rsamberg@berkeley.eduOr,contacttheRDMConsulUngteamat:researchdata@berkeley.edu

Talkitthrough

BioMedCentral(2016).Policies–OpenData.Availableath2ps://www.biomedcentral.com/about/policies/open-data.

Briney,K.,Goben,A.,&Zilinski,L.(2015)DoyouhaveaninsUtuUonaldatapolicy?AreviewofthecurrentlandscapeoflibrarydataservicesandinsUUtuionaldatapolicies.JournalofLibrarianshipandScholarlyCommunica;on,3(2),eP1232,h2p://dx.doi.org/10.7710/2162-3309.1232.

Carroll,M.W.(2015).Sharingresearchdataandintellectualpropertylaw:Aprimer.PLOSBiol,13(8):e1002235.doi:10.1371/journal.pbiol.1002235.

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

SmithM.(2014).Datagovernance:Wheretechnologyandpolicycollide,inResearchDataManagement:Prac;calStrategiesforInforma;onProfessionals(J.M.Ray,ed.),Purdue,In.:PurdueUniversityPress.

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