This infographic is designed to support university and research libraries and open science trainers to help researchers and students to understand how to licence research software. 

Research software includes code, algorithms, workflows and executables created for research. Although research software is a valuable research output, it often remains undocumented and inaccessible. The infographic, Licensing Research Software under an Open Licence, explains how licensing protects research software developers and users, clarifies common licence types, and provides guidance on selecting and applying a suitable licence. 

In addition to the PDF (click the button on the left) we are sharing an editable PowerPoint version of the resource that you can translate or adapt for different contexts. Click here to download.

See also EIFL’s Resource, Sharing Research Software that highlights the benefits of open software for transparency, collaboration and recognition, and outlines the key steps for making code discoverable and reusable.