I DO have a "rough draft" of my COMPUTERS & GEOSCIENCES article posted on my website. That rough draft was then edited and published in that journal. Based on the instructions at that time, what I did was perfectly legal and fine. It would be wrong of me to use their digital or analog versions, in any way, to modify or improve my draft. Changes made to my rough draft would then be infringing on "their" (copyrighted) work.
One safe way of looking at it, once C&G has accepted a paper for publication, you should not make any changes to the draft you sent in. Otherwise, you would be in danger of exploiting their work. Some journals are more strict than C&G: so this isn't even a blanket rule. Sincerely, chuck Chuck Ehlschlaeger, Associate Professor & GIS Center Director Department of Geography, Western Illinois University 215 Tillman Hall, 1 University Circle, Macomb, IL 61455 [EMAIL PROTECTED], phone: 309-298-1841, fax: 309-298-3003 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of J Dougherty Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 1:43 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS-user] thanks to GRASS! On Wednesday 11 July 2007 13:12, Maris Nartiss wrote: > I think there could be some legal issues. > > I.e. from COMPUTERS & GEOSCIENCES Guide for Authors [1] "e) if > accepted, will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English > or in any > other language, without the written consent of the Publisher." > IANAL but putting article PDF on wiki may be threated as "publishing"? > > Maris. The key phrase is the one that reads ". . . in the same form . . ." Just as the author has a copyright to his or her own original work, so does the publisher retain rights with respect to how the paper is published in their journal. All the formatting and apearance of the piece, as well as the editing and proof work were paid for by the publisher, any illustrations that they developed for you, etc. Thus, they don't want you giving away their work for free. So, first rule is don't post copies of the published version as it appears in the journal without explicit (written) permission, which is what they are saying anyway. IF you sign a transfer of copyright, things are different. Effectively you have turned over your rights to the text and your own work, with the exception of whatever uses they tell you that you retain. (In the music industry many composers and lyricists have completely lost the right to perform their own works without permission.) You might have to rewrite the whole thing in a different form before using it again. Of course, when you look at the way in which some researchers wall paper various journals with closely related papers that all effectively say the same thing, this must be pretty common. Sometimes the biggest difference between two related articles seems to be the order in which the authors are listed. JWDougherty _______________________________________________ grassuser mailing list [email protected] http://grass.itc.it/mailman/listinfo/grassuser No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.4/898 - Release Date: 7/12/2007 4:08 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.4/898 - Release Date: 7/12/2007 4:08 PM _______________________________________________ grassuser mailing list [email protected] http://grass.itc.it/mailman/listinfo/grassuser
