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Copyright

Simon Fraser University holds the copyright for work produced by the Public Knowledge Project and has placed its software under an open source GNU General Public License and its documentation under a Creative Commons-BY license (see original materials for details, including crediting of others where appropriate).

These licenses provide users with a broad freedom of use, while requiring the preservation of the Public Knowledge Project attribution, with this recognition of PKP’s work contributing to its ability to secure the support needed to keep this work current, innovative, and open to all.

Please see source software code and original materials for further details.

Contributor License Agreement (CLA)

CLA’s are increasingly used by many open source projects. A CLA ensures that potential contributors and PKP establish a basic but binding agreement for all code contributions. The PKP CLA is based on the one used by the Apache Software Foundation. It was reviewed by one of PKP’s major development partners before it was adopted by PKP.

Trademark

The following are registered trademarks in the Canadian Intellectual Property Office by Simon Fraser University on behalf of the Public Knowledge Project:

  1. Public Knowledge Project ®
  2. Public Knowledge Project | Publishing Services ®
  3. PKP School ®
  4. Open Journal Systems ®
  5. Open Monograph Press ®
  6. Open Conference Systems ®
  7. Open Harvester Systems ®