License Agreement
The non-exclusive distribution license agreement reproduced below is the one that authors see when they are handling their own submissions to the repository.
The intent of the following license agreement is to give the Library permission to post the material openly on the Web and to take the necessary steps to preserve the material (preserving the material might mean that the files will need to be converted to a different or newer version of a file format if the existing file format or the hardware/software needed to read it becomes obsolete).
Authors who submit their work to the repository retain the copyright to their work, unless they explicitly give it away to a third party. The University of Hawaii at Manoa Library does not seek or claim copyright on any of the works submitted to the repository.
A non-exclusive distribution license means that authors may make other copies of their work available on other web sites or through other means without obtaining permission from the Library. They may also formally publish their work, in the same form or in a revised , without obtaining permission from the Library.
The Library charges no fee for hosting material on the repository and collects no revenue from the the repository.
The following paragraphs reproduce the text of the license agreement that authors must approve as part of the process of submitting material to the repository.
By signing and submitting this license, you (the author(s) or copyright owner) grants to University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM) the non-exclusive right to reproduce, translate (as defined below), and/or distribute your submission (including the abstract) worldwide in print and electronic format and in any medium, including but not limited to audio or video.
You agree that UHM may, without changing the content, translate the submission to any medium or format for the purpose of preservation.
You also agree that UHM may keep more than one copy of this submission for purposes of security, back-up and preservation.
You represent that the submission is your original work, and that you have the right to grant the rights contained in this license. You also represent that your submission does not, to the best of your knowledge, infringe upon anyone’s copyright.
If the submission contains material for which you do not hold copyright, you represent that you have obtained the unrestricted permission of the copyright owner to grant UHM the rights required by this license, and that such third-party owned material is clearly identified and acknowledged within the text or content of the submission.
IF THE SUBMISSION IS BASED UPON WORK THAT HAS BEEN SPONSORED OR SUPPORTED BY AN AGENCY OR ORGANIZATION OTHER THAN UHM, YOU REPRESENT THAT YOU HAVE FULFILLED ANY RIGHT OF REVIEW OR OTHER OBLIGATIONS REQUIRED BY SUCH CONTRACT OR AGREEMENT.
UHM will clearly identify your name(s) as the author(s) or owner(s) of the submission, and will not make any alteration, other than as allowed by this license, to your submission.
