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If you retained the copyright personally, why would you need permission from the university to publish your work under a creative commons license? Was it just
by ensignavenger 9y ago
If you retained the copyright personally, why would you need permission from the university to publish your work under a creative commons license? Was it just a courtesy email to let them know your plans?
- horsawlarway 9y agoI can't speak for OP, but in my experience it's very rare for a thesis to be just your work. It's based on data and research often paid for by the university, and includes the work of many different people. indirectly: advisors, lab partners, professors, other students. Directly: Co-authors of papers, research assistants, and other contributors. It's a messy bundle of work.
- ensignavenger 9y agoBut copyright isn't based on ideas and doesn't cover raw data/facts- it covers the expression of those ideas and the compilation of the data.
- hprotagonist 9y agoIt was a courtesy, and also a formatting question. Because it's going to wind up in the library archives (and proquest) for ever and ever, the university is quite strict about formatting. I checked about 6 months ahead of time to make sure that replacing the (C) symbol with the (CC) symbol on the copyright page wasn't going to cause any issues. If a thesis is not properly submitted to proquest, you don't graduate, so... wanted to tick that box off pretty early.