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 Georgia Tech Open Access Policy

1 Contact Info

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2 Item Details

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If item is based on sponsored research, enter sponsoring agency and grant number.
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Select the month the item was published, if applicable.
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Will/has this item been published in a journal, conference proceeding, or other publishing venture?
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Click here if you wish to embargo this item for a specified period.
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3 Upload

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4 License

Repository License Agreement

To properly administer this repository and preserve the contents for future use, Georgia Institute of Technology (“GT”) and Georgia Tech Research Corporation (“GTRC”) requires certain permissions from you, the author(s) or copyright owner. By accepting this license, you do not give up the copyright to your work. You do not give up the right to submit the work to publishers or other repositories. By clicking through this license, you grant to the GT and GTRC the perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right, with right to sublicense, to reproduce, modify (as defined below) and/or distribute your submission (including the metadata and abstract) worldwide, in any format or medium for non-commercial, research, educational, or related academic purposes only. You also authorize GT and GTRC to allow users of the repository to distribute your submission (including the metadata and abstract) worldwide, in any format or medium for non-commercial, research, educational, or related academic purposes only. GT and/or GTRC 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. You agree that GT and/or GTRC may, without changing the content, modify the submission to any medium or format and keep more than one copy for the purposes of security, back up and long-term preservation of the scholarly record. You represent and warrant that you are the author of the submitted work, the submission is your original work, and/or that you have the right to grant the rights contained in this license. You also represent and warrant that your submission does not, to the best of your knowledge, infringe upon anyone's copyright. You also represent and warrant that the submission contains no libelous or other unlawful matter and makes no improper invasion of the privacy of any other person, and that the work you submit is classified as Category I according to GT Data Classification policies. If the submission contains material for which you do not hold copyright and that exceeds fair use, you represent that you have obtained the unrestricted permission of the copyright owner to grant GT and GTRC 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 GT OR GTRC, SUCH AS THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, OR PRIVATE FUNDER, YOU REPRESENT THAT YOU HAVE FULFILLED ANY RIGHT OF REVIEW, CONFIDENTIALITY, OR OTHER OBLIGATIONS REQUIRED BY THAT CONTRACT OR AGREEMENT.

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, Georgia Institute of Technology and Georgia Tech Research Corporation and their officers, fellows, governing board members, employees and agents, from and against all claims, actions, suits, damages, liabilities and costs (including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees) arising from or in connection with your submission.