Deposit Licence Agreement:
For the success of our institutional research repository, we require your active participation. We therefore need to ensure:
- You are able to deposit the Work legitimately
- We will be able to maintain any deposited Work and to remove it if necessary
If the intellectual property and any other related rights in the Work you are intending to deposit are NOT owned by UEL you must grant the below license:
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Depositor' s declaration
1. You (the author, copyright owner or assignee) agree to this Agreement to grant a Non-exclusive Licence to The University of East London in relation to the Research Open Access Repository i.e., roar@uel and you warrant:
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 not be in any way a violation or infringement of any copyright, trademark, patent, or other rights whatsoever of any person or entity.
1.3. That if the Work has been commissioned, sponsored or supported by any organization or person, you represent that you have fulfilled all of the obligations required by such contract or agreement. |
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Additional information (Please read)
The Repository' s Rights and Responsibilities
2. The institutional research repository at the UEL is the Research Open Access Repository - roar@uel which:
2.1. May distribute copies of the Work (including the abstract) worldwide, in electronic format via any medium for the lifetime of the project, or as negotiated with the depositor, for the purpose of free access without charge (except for associated media costs).
2.2. May electronically store, translate, copy, or re-arrange the Work to ensure its future preservation and accessibility, unless notified by the depositor that specific restrictions apply.
2.3. May incorporate metadata or documentation into public access catalogues for the e-print. A citation to the Work will always remain visible.
2.4. Shall retain the right to remove the Work for professional or administrative reasons, or if it is found to violate the legal rights of any person.
2.5. Shall not be under any obligation to take legal action on behalf of you, the Depositor or other rights holders in the event of breach of intellectual property and other related rights in the material deposited.
2.6. 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 the Research Open Access Repository i.e. roar@uel on behalf of the University of East London and any other parties with whom the roar@uel may choose to enter into an agreement to produce such materials.
3.2. While every care will be taken to preserve the physical integrity of the e-print, the roar@uel 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.
Definitions and Terms
4. In this Agreement:
4.1. Agreement: means this licence document including all of its terms and conditions.
4.2. Work: means the e-print being deposited including but not limited to abstract, text, images and any forms of data of relevance.
4.3. E-print: means any academic research output, often in the form of a paper, stored in an electronic format. |
