Software Licensing and Funder Expectations on Sharing Research Data

Do you know your options for software licensing? Have you heard of new funder requirements for software sharing? This workshop is your chance to get expert advice on these and other questions about software licensing and how software produced in research is affected by the drive to open data.

We have expert presentations from the University’s Intellectual Property (IP) office, IP Solicitors Mewburn Ellis and our main speaker - Neil Chue Hong, the Director of the Software Sustainability Institute.

You are welcome to bring your questions to the workshop – there will lots of opportunities for discussion at the sessions and all the speakers will be available to speak to during the networking lunch that follows.

Programme:

10.30 – 11.00: Arrival, Tea and Coffee

11.00 – 11.15: Intellectual Property at the University. (Alasdair Street, IP & Licensing Manager)

11.15 – 12.00: How to choose a licence for your software. (Neil Chue Hong, Software Sustainability Institute)

• Open Source licences
• Re-using 3rd party software in your research
• Using multiple licences
• Various options to commercialise software
• Is Open Science against commercialisation of software?

12.00 – 12.15: Remember that a licence is still a contract! (Sean Jauss, Mewburn Ellis LLP)

12.15 – 13.00: How does software fit into funder expectations on research data sharing? (Neil Chue Hong, Software Sustainability Institute)

• RCUK expectations for software sharing
• Is software commercialisation allowed in RCUK policy?
• Software/data sharing examples in EPSRC policy

A buffet lunch will be provided from 13.00 – 14.00 where you will have the opportunity to discuss specific questions with the speakers and the University’s Research Data Management team.