Questions tagged [public-domain]
Public-domain related to the status of a literary work or an invention whose copyright or patent has expired or that never had such protection.
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Post-hoc changes of master thesis
This is a follow-up question linked to my previous question. Does anyone have experience with post-hoc changes to a master thesis i.e. proofreading it and changing the publicly available version after ...
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"All Rights Reserved" is the same as "Copyright"
In my dissertation I have mentioned Copyright © 2023 , [My Name]. All Rights Reserved.
In order to upload it on the HAL Thèses website (belonging to the French government), I shoild choose a license ...
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Would Making My Literature Review Open Source Be Beneficial to Others in Academia? [closed]
I am currently working on a comprehensive literature review for a paper in my field of study. As I delve deeper into this project, I am considering the possibility of making the literature review open ...
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Has there ever been a discussion about the nationalization of academic publishing?
I have read a few articles in the last couple days about several problems with academic publishing. To me, the primary critique is that oftentimes, research is funded with public money, in public ...
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I'm doing an industrial PhD. How to convince the company to let me publish my source code?
I'm pursuing an industrial PhD within a company in the context of an European project, having two directors: one from the company and another from the university. The topic of my PhD is related to ...
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Do Research Papers have Public Domain Expiration Date?
Do research papers have a Public Domain Expiration Date? simmilar of what happens to literature books
For example, let's consider a research paper of James C. Maxwell: XVIII.—Experiments on Colour, as ...
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Can you use quotes / poems in published papers?
Sometimes I see quotes or poems at the beginning of a peer-reviewed article. I am guessing that there are some copyright laws to consider here. How does one check whether or not a quote or a poem can ...
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Is it OK to include public domain (wikimedia commons) image in a research grant proposal?
Obviously, with a proper attribution.
Thank you.
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Searching public domain works from a particular scholar [closed]
This is a general question, but I have a specific example in mind.
I'm interested to search Francis Galton's works to see if he ever mentioned Condorcet. Galton died in 1911 so all his works would ...
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Incentives for independent researchers to work on reproducible research
For the sake of high-quality science diffusion, there is no doubt that reproducible research is a good practice as it helps to demonstrate the robustness of the proposed methods and boosts the ...
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Why do even prominent institutions hire publishing houses (Springer / Elsevier etc.) for their journals?
The Institution of Engineers (India) is a prestigious organisation with more than one million members in 15 engineering disciplines in 114 centers or chapters in India and overseas.
Yet, it doesn't ...
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Referencing images found in public domain [duplicate]
How should I reference images found in public domain in my thesis?
I mean, if it would be copyrighted, I would add a comment a la "reproduced with permission from X". If it would be under Creative ...
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Accessing the arguments of lobby groups
How/where does one get hold of the arguments put forward by lobby groups?
I am currently researching the topic of advertising as it relates to junk food. There are many arguments in favour of ...
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License and attribution of images in compiled work for public outreach
I am working on a lager poster about science which will be on display in a museum and may be made available online. I intend to compile it using images from different sources. Some are own work, some ...
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How to correctly cite ASCII (Public table)? Do I need to cite it?
I have included ASCII table in my paper research, but I'm not sure how can I correctly cite it. I have seen many papers not including any citation while others mention any random website that has the ...
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