White Rose Research Online Deposit Licence

Depositor’s declaration

1. By agreeing to this licence, you (the author(s), copyright owner or assignee), grant a non exclusive licence to the Universities of Leeds, Sheffield and York on behalf of White Rose Research Online that warrants:

1.1 You are the owner of the copyright in the whole Work (including content & layout) or are duly authorised by the owner(s), or other holder of these rights and are competent to grant under this agreement, a licence to hold and disseminate copies of the material.

1.2 The Work is not and shall be in no way a violation or infringement of any copyright, trademark, patent, or other rights whatsoever of any person or organisation.

1.3 That if the Work has been commissioned, sponsored or supported by any organisation, you represent that you have fulfilled all of the obligations required by such contract or agreement.

1.4 At least one author is currently employed by, or registered on a postgraduate research degree course at, the universities of Leeds, Sheffield, or York; or a contributor to the work deposited has an appropriate connection to one of these institutions.

The Repository’s Rights and Responsibilities

White Rose Research Online:

2.1 Undertakes to retain deposited items for at least 10 years from date of deposition, and will try to ensure continued readability and accessibility. It may not be possible to guarantee the readability of some unusual file formats.

2.2 May distribute copies of the Work (including the abstract) worldwide in electronic format via any medium for the lifetime of the service, or as negotiated with the depositor, for the purpose of open access without charge to the reader.

2.3 May electronically store, translate, copy, migrate or re-arrange the Work to ensure its future preservation and accessibility, unless notified by the depositor that specific restrictions apply.

2.4 May incorporate metadata or documentation into public access catalogues for the e-print. A citation to the Work will always remain visible.

2.5 May accept copies of the Work (including the abstract) and metadata deposited on behalf of the author by their institution.

2.6 Shall retain the right to remove the Work for professional, administrative or legal reasons.

2.7 Shall not be under any obligation to take legal action on behalf of the Depositor or other rights holders in the event of breach of intellectual property rights or any other right in the material deposited.

2.7 Shall not be under any obligation to reproduce, transmit, broadcast, or display the Work in the same format or software as that in which it was originally created.

Software

3.1. Copyright in any additional data, software, user guides and documentation to assist users in using the Work shall belong to White Rose Research Online on behalf of the University Libraries of Leeds, Sheffield and York (collaborating as White Rose Libraries) and any other parties that White Rose Research Online may choose to enter into an agreement with to produce such materials.

3.2. While every care will be taken to preserve the physical integrity of the e-print, White Rose Research Online shall incur no liability, either expressed or implicit, for the e-print or for the loss of or damage to any of the e-print or associated data.

Disclaimer

White Rose Research Online assumes no legal responsibility for mistakes, omissions or legal infringements within the deposited e-prints.

The Depositor and White Rose Research Online shall be under no liability for any loss or for any failure to perform any obligation hereunder due to causes beyond their control, including but not limited to industrial disputes of whatever nature, Acts of God, hostilities, force majeure or any circumstances which they could not reasonably foresee and provide against.


Definitions

In this Licence the following words have the following meanings:

‘White Rose Libraries’: a strategic partnership between the libraries of the Universities of Leeds, Sheffield and York

”White Rose Research Online”: the shared institutional repository for the Universities of Leeds, Sheffield and York

‘Work’: the e-print being deposited including abstract, text, images and related data

‘E-print’: an academic research paper or output stored in an electronic format

‘Open access’: White Rose Research Online has adopted the definition of open access given by Peter Suber:

“Open access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.” Suber, P. (2019). 1. What Is Open Access? In Open Access (1st ed.). https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/9286.001.0001

‘Depositor’; the author or co-author of the work, or their delegate