“Open Content and Open Knowledge”

AnthroCommons provides a unique opportunity to experiment with Creative Commons “open licensing” of scholarly content. These licenses do not put scholarship into the public domain. They do, however, provide flexible and efficient tools to shape the distribution and application of content where copyright law operates as too blunt or restrictive an instrument.

Why Choose an Open License?
Scholarly content is more valuable if it is shared, discussed, evaluated, and available to inspire future research. Open licenses facilitate each of these aspects of scholarly communication. Because these licenses encourage copying and sharing while retaining an author’s attribution, they may increase the circulation of your name and ideas. Since most of our digital repository partners require open licenses to accession works, choosing open licenses will help insure the permanence of your scholarship.