As an author, when you choose to publish your book or chapter open access you retain copyright of your work. At Taylor & Francis we offer flexibility with the license types available to fit you and your funder's needs.
Which license does Taylor & Francis Books Open Access use?
Taylor & Francis Open Access book content is published under a Creative Commons license as standard. Our preferred license is Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND) license. Under this license, others may download your work and share it as long as they credit you, but they can't change it in any way or use it commercially. The full legal code is available here.
Q. Why CC BY-NC-ND?
It is our view that this license provides the best combination of dissemination and protection, particularly for our authors in humanities and social sciences.
It was our authors’ stated preference in the Open Access Survey: Exploring the views of Taylor & Francis and Routledge authors which corroborated the OAPEN-UK HSS Researcher Survey Results by JISC Collections.
We believe that we are offering the licensing option that best respects our authors’ preferences and practical considerations, but other licenses are available in case these better suit you or your funder's needs.
Alternative Creative Commons License available
Attribution (CC BY)
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Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC)
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Attribution-No Derivatives (CC-BY-ND)
This license allows reusers to copy and distribute the material in any medium or format in unadapted form only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator. The license allows for commercial use.
Attribution-ShareAlike (CC-BY-SA)
This license allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, so long as attribution is given to the creator. The license allows for commercial use. If you remix, adapt, or build upon the material, you must license the modified material under identical terms.
Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC-BY-NC-SA)
This license allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator. If you remix, adapt, or build upon the material, you must license the modified material under identical terms.
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