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License.txt file - PPPL needs #1170

Open astrochun opened 1 year ago

astrochun commented 1 year ago

Had a conversation with @bess regarding the license.txt and whether there are specific requirements for PPPL. During my review of policies for the migration, I came across the follwoing text that is in the Lab Data Management Plan after "The following notice shall be included with data files asserting copyright":

These data were produced by Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory under Contract No. DE-AC02-09CH11466 with the U.S. Department of Energy. The Government has granted for itself and others acting on its behalf a non-exclusive, paid-up, irrevocable worldwide license in this data to reproduce, prepare derivative works, and perform publicly and display publicly, by or on behalf of the Government. NEITHER THE UNITED STATES NOR THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, NOR ANY OF THEIR EMPLOYEES, MAKES ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, OR ASSUMES ANY LEGAL LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, OR USEFULNESS OF ANY DATA, APPARATUS, PRODUCT, OR PROCESS DISCLOSED, OR REPRESENTS THAT ITS USE WOULD NOT INFRINGE PRIVATELY OWNED RIGHTS.

kelynch commented 11 months ago

Is the expectation that this license file will be automatically generated and attached to all new submissions in PDC Describe for PPPL?

kelynch commented 11 months ago

We could generate this file automatically just for PPPL objects migrated from DataSpace directly post-migration, or we can generate this file automatically for all PPPL objects, both legacy and new submissions moving forward, depending on the need.

astrochun commented 11 months ago

Is the expectation that this license file will be automatically generated and attached to all new submissions in PDC Describe for PPPL?

@kelynch, thanks for asking. Yes, I think in the interest of reducing the burden on researchers that we have a license that is standard for PPPL datasets. I think we will need to consult with a number of folks to ensure it's as simple as taking a CC-BY license and appending the U.S. Government clause.

kelynch commented 2 days ago

The language for the license has recently changed from what is on the ticket.

matthewjchandler commented 2 days ago

Per https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JK0wTheeAF_qoyAY0ehyhMVSuHzVoRtZNYZXDdJHe2U/edit?pli=1#heading=h.n6h5m0cwpiqg, this feature is still desired, but we would like to get the updated license language before we proceed. @astrochun stated he would accept either a license.txt file or a metadata entry--either way, applied to all PPPL submissions. Metadata entries may be easier to edit post hoc.