Keith
Licensing is not an area of current expertise but copyright and in particular HE academics and copyright once was. If you mean that the license that they originally sign then acts as a default until someone decides that it should be changed then that sounds reasonable. I was however advised in my previous job that copyright needs to be assigned in such a way that the person assigning knows explicitly what they are dealing with and what they have done. So you probably should aim to have a copy of the license available every time in case they want to revisit and quibble. Click here to view sounds an okay option.
I'm not sure that we can assume that someone signing a license on one occasion will want to be held to the same terms for all future engagements. That seems to me a disincentive to signing which then could translate into a disinclination to sharing. (There are enough of these already). It also does not really recognise that circumstances may change - a fixed term contract academic may change into a permanent academic member of staff and view things differently, or the institution may widen it definition of use for the repository in future with corresponding effect on the donors.
So how about an initial license which then becomes the default for all future transactions with that depositor until further notice on either side?
Chris
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