In this section we dispel common misconceptions regarding permissions for reuse of published material, and why it matters to citizen science and open science. We provide a basic summary of key legal concepts for open science (e.g. copyright), introduce the use of open licenses that enable sharing and reuse and give some citizen science examples.
Legal
concepts related to open science are abstract, but help the learner appreciate
that by pro-actively addressing legal issues, open science and citizen science
both benefit.
Legal concepts can feel very abstract, so here we introduce copyright via two concrete examples.