Licence publique

« A public license allows the licensor to authorise the general public (i.e. everybody) to perform certain uses of his/her work; if such a license is used, it is no longer necessary to grant individual permissions (and e.g. answer dozens of requests per day). From the legal point of view, a public license is an offer to conclude a contract; this offer is then accepted by conduct when a user starts using the licensed work. Therefore, public licenses are still binding contracts which should be respected. When it comes to licensing of research data, public licenses should be used whenever possible. »