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    Open Access for Social Simulation

    Polhill, JG and Edmonds, BM (2007) Open Access for Social Simulation. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 10 (3). p. 10. ISSN 1460-7425

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    Abstract

    We consider here issues of open access to social simulations, with a particular focus on software licences, though also briefly discussing documentation and archiving. Without any specific software licence, the default arrangements are stipulated by the Berne Convention (for those countries adopting it), and are unsuitable for software to be used as part of the scientific process (i.e. simulation software used to generate conclusions that are to be considered part of the scientific domain of discourse). Without stipulating any specific software licence, we suggest rights that should be provided by any candidate licence for social simulation software, and provide in an appendix an evaluation of some popularly used licences against these criteria.

    Item Type: Article
    Peer-reviewed: Yes
    Date Deposited: 31 Mar 2010 12:43
    Publisher: European Social Simulation Association
    Additional Information: This article was originally published in Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, published by and copyright University of Surrey, Department of Sociology.
    Divisions: Faculties > Business and Law
    Subject terms: Social Sciences, Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary, Social Sciences - Other Topics, Agent-Based Social Simulation, Replication, Software Licences, Documentation, Archiving, FRAMEWORK, SOFTWARE, 0406 Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience, 0801 Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing, 1608 Sociology, General Science & Technology
    URI: https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/95364
    ISSN 1460-7425

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