M.4-1 The legal relationship between author(s) and publisher(s) (rights holders) and the operating institution is governed in a formal agreement (granting of rights).

• Short Title: M.4-1 The legal relationship between author(s) and publisher(s) (rights holders) and the operating institution is governed in a formal agreement (granting of rights).
• Source Documnent: DINI Certificate for Open Access Publication Services 2019
• Source Document Link: https://doi.org/10.18452/21759
• Publishing Organisation: DINI Working Group "Electronic Publishing"
• Date of Publication: 2020-08-21
• Topic: Access/ integration
• Keywords: legal, rights, agreement, policy
• Addressed Stakeholders: data service providers
• Full Text: The granting of rights is formalized in a license agreement or a depo-sit license. The copyright holders grant non-exclusive usage rights to the operators. Use of Creative Commons licenses is strongly recommended as they are the current de-facto standard. A deposit license is not necessary if the publication is under a free license that grants the necessary rights to the operator. These are mostly Open Definition-compliant licenses such as CC BY.