Deposit Agreement
You must agree to the following terms each time an item is deposited:
NON-EXCLUSIVE DEPOSIT AND DISTRIBUTION LICENCE
By signing and submitting this licence, you grant to the Library of Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin (TCD Library) the non-exclusive right to store, reproduce, and translate (as defined below) the deposited content, as well as to make available (distribute) the deposited content to the extent permitted by the terms of the use-licence selected. TCD Library will withhold unauthorised access to deposited content during any embargo period agreed. TCD Library will share online bibliographic records (including abstracts) without restrictions.
You agree that TCD Library may, without changing the content, translate the deposited file(s) to any medium or format for the purpose of preservation and/or accessibility.
You also agree that TCD Library may keep more than one copy of the deposited file(s) for purposes of security, back-up and preservation.
You represent that you have the right to grant the rights contained in this licence. You also represent that the content deposited by you does not, to the best of your knowledge, infringe upon anyone's copyright, nor breach any laws in force in the Republic of Ireland at the time of the deposit.
If the deposited content contains material for which you do not hold copyright, you represent that you have obtained the permission of the copyright owner to grant TCD Library the rights required by this licence, and that such third-party owned material is clearly identified and acknowledged within the deposited content.
TCD Library will clearly identify the name(s) of the author(s) and/or the copyright holder(s) of the deposited content.
TCD Library does not hold any obligation to take legal action on behalf of any rights holders associated with the deposited content.
USE LICENCE
Creative Commons Licence
You may choose to apply a Creative Commons Licence to your publication. There are two options in a drop-down list:
- The CCO option is: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ This puts the publication in the public domain, i.e. you have waived copyright. The work can be copied, modified, distributed, even for commercial purposes without permission
- The 'Creative Commons' option allows you to select a more tailored licence. Click on the help buttons '?' when in the record for more information
If there is a Creative Commons licence already in place on your publication, then choose the options to match that licence.
For most official publications from Government Departments and Agencies we are recommending in line with the Open Data Directive to apply http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. This means choosing Yes to both questions above, and the 'International' jurisdiction. You are however free to choose which ever option suits, such as restricting commercial reuse and not allowing modifications to the work.