Why Sharing Academic Publications Under “No Derivatives” Licenses is Misguided

From: ttps://creativecommons.org/2020/04/21/academic-publications-under-no-derivatives-licenses-is-misguided/


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In this blog post, we explain that applying restrictive licenses to academic publications is a misguided approach to addressing concerns over academic integrity. Specifically, we make it clear that using Creative Commons “No Derivatives” (ND) licenses on academic publications is not only ill-advised for policing academic fraud but also and more importantly unhelpful to the dissemination of research, especially publicly-funded research. We also show that the safeguards in place within truly open licenses (like CC BY or CC BY-SA) are well-suited to curbing malicious academic behavior, above and beyond other existing recourses for academic fraud and similar abuses. 

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Read the blog post: https://creativecommons.org/2020/04/21/academic-publications-under-no-derivatives-licenses-is-misguided/