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Collaborative research principles

Using collaborative research principles can greatly increase the chance of success and speed the time from an idea to research. We recognize that there are many types of research models across the spectrum and the Summit team has addressed two of them.

The resulting principles complement other industry-university initiatives and accelerate collaborative research. Use these principles in their entirety or mix and match their concepts to meet your team's objectives. We encourage their use by everyone.

Open principles (PDF, 73KB)
Addressed by the Summit team in December 2005, these principles guide software-related collaborations between industry and universities under circumstances where the participants intend the results to be made part of a royalty-free public commons.

Free participant use principles (PDF, 177KB)
Addressed by the Summit team in June 2007, these principles (also referred to as FPU) guide research collaborations between industry and universities where the results of the research can be used commercially and academically for the researchers involved and are available to others under reasonable terms.

Other models
The spectrum includes many more types of research collaborations that allow for multiple research models and entry points to discuss the type of research being performed and expected results. Additional principles may be developed to address other models as needs arise.


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Resources

Use these documents to speed your collaboration

Open Collaboration Principles (73KB)

Free Participant Use Principles (117KB)

Open Collaboration-Open Source Agreement (72KB)

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