Licensing
Each institution must define a distribution license that covers the rights of both submitters and the institution. Here is the UT Austin example:
"I grant the University of Texas at Austin ("Institution"), my academic department ("Department"), and the Texas
Digital Library ("TDL") the non-exclusive rights to copy, display, perform, distribute and publish the content I
submit to this repository ("Work") and to make the Work available in any format in perpetuity as part of an
Institution, Department, or TDL repository communication or distribution effort.
I understand that once the Work is submitted, a bibliographic citation to the Work will remain visible in perpetuity,
even if the Work is updated or removed.
I understand that the Work's copyright owner(s) will continue to own copyright outside these non-exclusive granted
rights.
I warrant that:
(1) I am the copyright owner of the Work, or
(2) I am one of the copyright owners and have permission from the other owners to submit the Work, or
(3) My Institution or Department is the copyright owner and I have permission to submit the Work, or
(4) Another party is the copyright owner and I have permission to submit the Work.
Based on this, I further warrant to my knowledge:
(5) The Work does not infringe any copyright, patent, or trade secrets of any third party,
(6) The Work does not contain any libelous matter, nor invade the privacy of any person
or third party, and
(7) That no right in the Work has been sold, mortgaged, or otherwise disposed of, and is
free from all exclusive claims.
I agree to hold Institution, Department, TDL and their agents harmless for any liability arising from any breach of
the above warranties or any claim of intellectual property infringement arising from the exercise of these nonexclusive granted rights."
It is not possible to change the distribution license via the user interface, so assistance will be needed from Texas Digital Library.
DSpace also allows administrators the capability of including Creative Commons licenses as an option in the submission process. Please talk to Texas Digital Library if you are interested in this option.