[Vp-integration-subgroup] Licensing issues

[Robin Thompson]

Hi Jacob,

I hope all’s well. I received the response below from the relevant person in Oxford University about whether or not results can be used by others for commercial purposes. Essentially, unless the research was funded by someone external who might have additional conditions, everything is left to the discretion of the department where the research was undertaken (in this case, the Mathematical Institute).

They also pointed me to this link: https://www.ox.ac.uk/students/academic/guidance/intellectual-property <https://www.ox.ac.uk/students/academic/guidance/intellectual-property>

I hope that helps!

Thanks, and best wishes,
Robin



Does the university own the IP in the results? A couple of things to take into consideration here are if any third parties were involved in the research through funding it or collaborating on it.

If the University owns the IP in the results it will ultimately be a decision for the Department as to whether they are happy to grant free access or if they are interested in forming a more formal relationship (if that is a possibility). So I would suggest that you check with the administrator or equivalent as to Department opinion on this.









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Dr Robin Thompson
Assistant Professor of Mathematical Epidemiology
Mathematics Institute
University of Warwick, UK
www.robin-thompson.co.uk
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> On 24 Jan 2021, at 18:05, Robin Thompson <robin.thompson1988 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi Jacob,
> 
> Thanks for your email. I have asked the relevant person at Oxford University (the institution I was at when this research was undertaken), and I will let you know when I hear back from them.
> 
> Thanks, and best wishes,
> Robin
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> Dr Robin Thompson
> Assistant Professor of Mathematical Epidemiology
> Mathematics Institute
> University of Warwick, UK
> www.robin-thompson.co.uk <http://www.robin-thompson.co.uk/>
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>> On 22 Jan 2021, at 20:37, Jacob Barhak <jacob.barhak at gmail.com <mailto:jacob.barhak at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>> Hi Robin, and anyone else who wants to comment, 
>> 
>> When integrating your model, you may recall I asked for permissions to use it and mentioned licensing issues.
>> 
>> One of your responses was that you have to check with your institution regarding commercial use while you yourself were ok with me reusing your model and had no restrictions.
>> 
>> I wish to explore the licensing issue in this mailing list to show what are approaches of different institutions and individuals to the problem.
>> 
>> Is it possible for you to check about the policy in your institution? The idea is to show some examples of how institutions approach the issue. For example, do they delegate the decision to researchers? Do they have a policy about who holds the copyright? How do they treat commercial entities?
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>> I know in the US, a faculty member in most cases retains rights for their work, this does not always extend to staff and I am not sure about students. I also know that some academic institutions support tech transfer through patents and other endeavours. 
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>> I was trying to discuss licenses here:
>> https://forum.comses.net/t/issues-with-regard-to-call-for-transparency-of-covid-19-models/8433 <https://forum.comses.net/t/issues-with-regard-to-call-for-transparency-of-covid-19-models/8433> 
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>> Yet this discussion was not concluded. 
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>> One notable approach that Sheriff made me aware of is taken by BioModels:
>> http://www.ebi.ac.uk/biomodels/faq <http://www.ebi.ac.uk/biomodels/faq>
>> They avoid the licensing issues by making all models available under CC0
>> 
>> I am showing here some aspects of the issue and asking for you to check with your institution to explore all aspects of this issue so we can properly report those in the white paper.
>> 
>>            Jacob
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