Publishing licenses

Introduction

Usually, authors retain the copyright of their article and grant GPPS a license to publish it. The text of the journal's license is provided below.

Articles are published open-access under one of the following Creative Commons licences, at the copyrightholder's discretion:

• the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and its authors credited. See the full licence on the Creative Commons website for details;
• the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (CC BY-NC 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium for noncommercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited and its authors credited.

If the copyright is held by an author’s employer, the employer must explicitly agree to the publication of the article by GPPS under one of the licences above (see employer licence agreement). If required, employers can request the use of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). Unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction of the original work are permitted for noncommercial purposes only, provided it is properly cited and its authors credited. No derivative of this work may be distributed.

In cases where no copyright exists (e.g. US federal government employees), the article will be released in the Public Domain under the terms of the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Public Domain Dedication waiver.

GPPS journal license

The submitting author warrants and represents that:

1. He/she is authorised by the co-authors to enter these arrangements with the publisher and to make declarations on behalf of the co-authors.

2.1 The submitting author and co-authors are the sole authors of the article and have full authority to enter into this agreement and in granting rights to GPPS are not in breach of any other obligation; or the submitting author and co-authors are the sole authors of the article and have the copyright holder's permission to act on their behalf if applicable.

2.2 The article is original, has not been published elsewhere, and is not under consideration elsewhere.

2.3 The material contains no violation of any existing duty of confidentiality, contract or intellectual property rights (including without limitation copyright, patent or trademark or other third-party right).

2.4 The article contains nothing that is unlawful, libellous, or which would, if published, constitute a breach of contract or of confidence or of commitment given to secrecy.

2.5 If the article includes excerpts from copyrighted works, the authors have obtained permission from the copyright holders of such material to enable the authors to grant the rights contained herein and that such material has been appropriately acknowledged in the article. Copies or evidence of such permissions have been provided to GPPS.

2.6 All statements purporting to be facts contained in the article are true at the time of publication and any formula or instruction contained in the article will not, if followed accurately, cause any injury, illness or damage to the user.

2.7 They will indemnify and keep indemnified GPPS in respect of claims made against it by third parties for copyright infringement related to publication of the material, or any actions concerning the ownership of the material or rights to publish the material.

The submitting author agrees on behalf of himself/herself and the co-authors that:

3.1 If the copyright belongs to the authors, the article, if editorially accepted for publication, shall be published by GPPS and shall be licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0. However if the authors wish to prevent commercial use then they may use the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial license 4.0. A commercial use is one primarily intended for commercial advantage or monetary compensation.

3.2 If the copyright belongs to the employer of one or more authors, in addition the submitting author will obtain the agreement of the said employer, by way of a signed copy of the employer licence agreement, to license the article, if accepted for publication, under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 or Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License 4.0.

3.3 If the law requires that the article be published in the public domain, the submitting author will notify GPPS at the time of submission and the article shall be published by GPPS, if accepted, under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Public Domain Dedication waiver.

Notes

The CC-BY license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) allows users to freely access, share and adapt the material in any medium or format, for any purpose (including commercial), so long as the following conditions are met:

• The original authors and source must be appropriately credited;
• Changes to the original material should be indicated;
• Shared or adapted material under the CC-BY licence must not be subject to additional restrictions;
• The license under which the material is published should be indicated and linked to.

The CC-BY-NC license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ ) allows users to freely access, share and adapt the material in any medium or format, so long as the following conditions are met

• The original authors and source must be appropriately credited;
• Changes to the original material should be indicated;
• The material may not be used for commercial purposes, unless permission is granted by the copyright holder;
• Shared or adapted material under the CC-BY licence must not be subject to additional restrictions;
• The license under which the material is published should be indicated and linked to.

The CC0 licence dedicates the work to the public domain. No copyright exists. Users are free to share and adapt the work in any medium or format, for any purpose (including commercial), without conditions of attribution. However, other rights (such as trademark or privacy rights) may exist and are not affected by this licence.