Helsinki University Library publishes a License guide for copyright issues

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The Creative commons -licenses (latest version 4.0) have become a standard for open publishing and determining the subsequent use of an open access work.

Helsinki University Library has published a license guide for issues to do with copyrights in open science. It includes recommendations of the University of Helsinki for both licensing publications as well as for research data and source code with CC-, GNU- and MIT -licenses. In addition, the guide introduces the most common Creative commons -licences and some considerations concerning the choosing of the licenses. The guide can be downloaded and printed at will.

The license guide in English: http://libraryguides.helsinki.fi/oa/eng/license

The license guide is part of the updated Open access guide for researchers: http://libraryguides.helsinki.fi/oa/eng