Title: Learning activity 3 (optional homework): Choose a license
Course: Open Licenses for Data, Software and Code Train-the-Trainer Course > Section: Course Materials

The aim of this activity is to get to know the tool "choose a license". If you do not already know the tool, it may find it helps you with your answer to Learning Activity 2.

Go to https://choosealicense.com/ and use the tool to help you select a possible open license for the research product of your choice. This could be a dataset, code, piece of software or something else you imagine would need a license in the NextBox case, Learning Activity 2.

Complete the following reflection activities to get to know the tool and use the information you find on Choosealicense.com to inform your answer to Activity 2.

You do not have to write anything in this forum. You do not have to report your answers to the questions.

Part 1

Describe the product you wish to license

Please state which situation you used as an entrance point to choosealicense.com (work in a community, simple and permissive, care about sharing improvements, my project isn't software, I want more choices)

Name the licence(s) you can choose from

Choose one license that is suitable for your product.

- What can the licence be used for?
- How can the licence be applied?
- Which permissions, conditions and limitations are there?
- Which questions do you have about this licence?

Part 2

Click on "I do not want to choose a license" and read the advice.

Which options would you bring to the attention of a researcher who does not want to license their research output, i.e. their data, code or software?

Go to https://choosealicense.com/ and use the tool to help you select a possible open license for the research product of your choice. This could be a dataset, code, piece of software or something else you imagine would need a license in the NextBox case, Learning Activity 2.

Complete the following reflection activities to get to know the tool and use the information you find on Choosealicense.com to inform your answer to Activity 2.

You do not have to write anything in this forum.  You do not have to report your answers to the questions.

Part 1

Describe the product you wish to license

Please state which situation you used as an entrance point to choosealicense.com (work in a community, simple and permissive, care about sharing improvements, my project isn't software, I want more choices)

Name the licence(s) you can choose from

Choose one license that is suitable for your product.

- What can the licence be used for?
- How can the licence be applied?
- Which permissions, conditions and limitations are there?
- Which questions do you have about this licence?

Part 2

Click on "I do not want to choose a license" and read the advice.

Which options would you bring to the attention of a researcher who does not want to license their research output, i.e. their data, code or software?