The UC FAQ about the policies anticipates and acknowledges one such issue: >My publisher’s policy says _____________, which is different from UC’s OA policies.

The UC FAQ about the policies anticipates and acknowledges one such issue: >My publisher’s policy says _____________, which is different from UC’s OA policies. >Publishers’ policies will not, by default, represent the terms of institutional open access policies. You should read, and keep, any agreement you sign. In particular, you may want to look out for rare contract terms asking you to affirm that you have obtained a waiver of any institutional open access policy, or that you have not previously licensed any rights in your article to anyone besides your publisher.