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Information for authors about copyright considerations

Submission of a manuscript is understood to imply that

• the paper is original;
• it has not already been published in whole or in substantial part elsewhere;
• it is not currently under consideration by any other journal;
• the publication of the paper in the Journal would not infringe the copyright or other rights of any other person(s);
• to the best of the author(s)'s knowledge, the paper does not contain any scandalous, libellous, obscene, unlawful, or otherwise objectionable material;
• the author(s) agree to the publication of the paper in the Journal if the paper is accepted for publication in the Journal;
• the author(s) agree to give CODATA a licence to publish their article;
• the author(s) agree to give CODATA a license to publish the paper (in part or as a whole) on its own or as part of a collection in electronic and/or printed forms;
• the author(s) agree to give CODATA a license to keep backup copies on hard disks, CD-ROM and any other future media that become available;
• the author(s) agree to give CODATA a license to scan and reproduce material (in printed and electronic form);
• the author(s) agree to give CODATA a license to be able to edit the paper for language and format;
• the author(s) agree to give CODATA a license to keep copies of the published material in different electronic/digital formats, e.g. Word, rtf, PDF, html, xml, PowerPoint, etc.;
• the author(s) agree to give CODATA a license to keep archives and store copies of the work in different electronic media e.g. hard disk, CD-ROMs, floppies, and any other form that may become available in the future;
• the author(s) agree to give CODATA a license to create and maintain electronic databases e.g. CD-ROM archives, internet websites, on-line databases which include the paper (in part or as a whole);
• the author(s) agree to give CODATA a license to maintain mirror sites which include the paper (in part or as a whole).

The author(s) retains copyright of the paper. This includes the right to:

• to reproduce his/her work;
• to publish it online on his/her institutional/departmental server;
• to use the paper (in part or as a whole) to produce new work e.g. other papers, articles, speeches, research, etc.;
• to use the paper for teaching purposes e.g. handouts, course packs, lectures, slides, etc.;
• to use the paper as part of his/her employment.

However the authors agree not to grant any other publisher the exclusive right to publish the paper again elsewhere or otherwise affect the rights of CODATA outlined above.