Re: [GOAL] Informed consent and open licensing: some questions for discussion

2019-08-28 Thread Heather Morrison
Thank you Martyn, this is very helpful. As an author, I have appreciated MDPI's flexibility with respect to licenses. I am sure that other publishers have similar situations where re-use of material and/or accommodating particular authors requires flexibility with respect to licensing. This

Re: [GOAL] Informed consent and open licensing: some questions for discussion

2019-08-28 Thread Martyn Rittman
Heather raises a good point here related to certain types of images. MDPI provides a sample consent form (you can access the link e.g. at https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijms/instructions#ethics) in which we try to make clear the implications of publishing in open access, but when it comes to

[GOAL] Last two weeks to register for OASPA 2019 Annual conference

2019-08-28 Thread Bernie Folan
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