Where appropriate, research funders require that research results be published in a certain way. Often the requirement will be that the publication must be made available open access, sometimes the funder then prescribes a specific CC licence. Consult the Sherpa Romeo to find out what open access requirements your funder imposes. It cannot be ruled out that there are other parties who (want to) exert influence, e.g. a company that has been collaborated with. More information Open AccessSherpa Romeo

These are various Creative Commons licences. 3 common variants are briefly described below. Visit the Creative Commons website or the Terms and conditions of use page for more information. CC-BYCC-BY is the Creative Commons Attribution licence. You thereby permit everyone to distribute, copy and modify your work, provided that they credit the author. Modification may refer to a translation, an abridged version, a summary or other type of conversion into a different form. CC-BY-NDThe addition ND means 'no derivatives', so no derivative works are permitted. A CC-BY-ND licence permits people to distribute and copy your work, provided the work remains...

The copyright of educational material lies with the institution (university of applied sciences or university) if the material was created in the performance of teaching duties. Unless you and your employer (university of applied sciences or university) have agreed otherwise.

In general, your employer owns the copyright in the educational resources you created. In that case, the employer may do as it pleases with the resources. However, the employer may waive its rights and make some arrangements with you in this regard.

Only the copyright holder can make arrangements with a publisher. In most cases, this will be the employer.If your employer is the copyright holder, it can authorise you to negotiate with the publisher, possibly subject to certain conditions. Whether and how this is arranged will vary from employer to employer (university of applied sciences/research university).

Nowadays, you don't necessarily need a publisher to publish your work.You can post it on your homepage yourself or email it to interested colleagues. In addition, almost every higher education institution has a repository you can add your publication to. Another option is to post your work on relevant websites. You therefore don't need any arrangements with a publisher to share your work with the public. In some cases, however, for example if you want to publish your work in a certain journal or publish a book in a certain series, you will have to make certain arrangements with a...

This depends entirely on the arrangements set out in the contract you signed in the past, so find the contract. You may have assigned your copyright exclusively to the publisher at the time, or you may have assigned it under certain conditions. Also read the copyright contract law that came into force on 1 July 2015 (amendments to the Dutch Copyright Act) and check whether this applies to your situation.

If you don't sign a contract, no rights are assigned (in any way) and no licences are granted.In practice, this means that in most cases a publisher will publish your article anyway. If the publisher changes its mind on the draft contract it sent you, you can at least limit the arrangements to the one publication via that one medium.