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📝 Add deal recommendation for the licensing of open access publications
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@@ -103,6 +103,11 @@ open licences used for non-software material, from datasets to videos. However,
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they are `not recommended for software
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<https://creativecommons.org/faq/#can-i-apply-a-creative-commons-license-to-software>`_.
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.. tip::
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The `DEAL consortium <https://deal-konsortium.de/en/>`_ recommends the CC BY
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licence for Open Access publications, see also `Why CC BY is the Best Choice
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for Open Access Publishing <https://deal-konsortium.de/en/why-ccby>`_.
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The `Open Knowledge Foundation <https://okfn.org/en/>`_ has also published a set
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of `Open Data Commons <https://opendatacommons.org>`_ licences for
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data/databases:

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