From efcb8253b0282ff7e9a54311fee77153c113d506 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Cassandra Gould van Praag <cassandra.gouldvanpraag@psych.ox.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2022 13:52:48 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update info on copyright --- docs/gitlab/repo-license.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/gitlab/repo-license.md b/docs/gitlab/repo-license.md index 8e3e3a0e..50e64f83 100644 --- a/docs/gitlab/repo-license.md +++ b/docs/gitlab/repo-license.md @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Important considerations around licensing include the potential for commercial u ### Intellectual properties and commercial reuse -Material which you create while a student or staff at the University are the [Intellectual Property of the University of Oxford](https://governance.admin.ox.ac.uk/legislation/statute-xvi-property-contracts-and-trusts#collapse1383596). +In most cases the material which you create while a member of the University are the Intellectual Property of the University of Oxford. In practice this means that [copyright on your work should be attributed to University of Oxford](https://innovation.ox.ac.uk/university-members/commercialising-technology/ip-patents-licenses/software-copyright/) *unless* you are a student working by yourself with the assistnace of no other staff. Please check the [University Statute XVI: Property, Contracts, and Trusts to check whether you can retain personal copyright](https://governance.admin.ox.ac.uk/legislation/statute-xvi-property-contracts-and-trusts#collapse1383596). If your work has commercial potential, you should explore opportunities for issuing an academic only license and creating a system for commercial entities to pay for the use of your work. This is in line with [Oxford University Innovation (OUI) recommendations](https://innovation.ox.ac.uk/university-members/commercialising-technology/). OUI are pleased to explore the commercial potential of your work with you and will set up services for commercial licensing. -- GitLab