Sample publishing agreement language and model licenses
Further Reading

Sample publishing agreement language and model licenses that promote the reuse of intellectual works

• Retain Certain Copyrights. The University of California's Reshaping Scholarly Communication website explains to authors how to retain rights to their works by transfering a limited number of rights to publishers. Includes examples of limited rights transfer agreements.
• SPARC Author's Addendum. The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition offers a form that authors can attach to their publishing agreements to retain some rights. The form can be used as an alternative to marking up the publisher's agreement.
• Creative Commons. Provides a selection of licenses that allows author to retain copyright and/or grants broad rights to the public to reproduce, display, and distribute creative works.
• Copyright Sample Agreements and Forms. Office of General Counsel, University of Texas (UT). Download sample agreements for copyright licensing, electronic journal publication, print publication, and more.
• Recommended language for manuscript contracts. Office of Vice Provost of Information Services, University of Kansas (KU). Recommends language for manuscript contracts the allows author and KU colleagues to retain the right to use works in teaching and research and to post an electronic copy on a publicly accessible web site.
• What do you want from your publisher? International Mathematical Union. Describes general principles for copyright agreements with publishers.
• Public Library of Science License. PLOS uses the Creative Commons Attribution License that allows authors to retain copyright of their work while making it freely available.
• GNU General Public License. The original license for open access software. Requires all modifications and extended versions to be open software as well.

Further Reading on Copyright Ownership

• Ownership Issues. Center for Intellectual Property. University of Maryland University College (UMUC).
• Twigg, Carol A. Who Owns Online Courses and Course Materials? Intellectual Property Policies for a New Learning Environment, The Pew Learning and Technology Program, Center for Academic Transformation, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
• Who Owns What? Crash Copyright Tutorial. Office of General Counsel, University of Texas System.