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Grant, From what I was hearing my understanding was that the software they had developed gave them an edge over the competition. I made the comment that they could release the software under a Creative Commons license and the response was - 'but what if you don't want the software to be open source' Ricky Information Services Queen's University Road 111 Botanic Avenue Belfast BT7 1NN 02890973955 From: Repositories discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Denkinson, Grant W. Sent: 26 November 2015 10:17 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: software I'm curious why you don't want your source code available. Grant Grant Denkinson Manager of Leicester Research Archive (LRA) University Library, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK t: +44 (0)116 252 2063 e: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> w: www.le.ac.uk<http://www.le.ac.uk/> [cid:image001.gif@01D12839.1FB09C50] Follow us on Twitter<https://twitter.com/uniofleicester> or visit our Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/uniofleicester> page From: Repositories discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Richard Rankin Sent: 25 November 2015 18:43 To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: software Apologies for cross posting We gave a workshop today on Research Data Management and the question was asked - I can make the data available but it is meaningless without using the software I have been developing over my career - don't mind making data available - however no way am I making the source code of my software What is the funders view on this Ricky