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Also, have a look at our data life cycle fact sheet Describe.
Step 5 - Think about ethics and legal aspects
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Conscientious data management implies licensing your data. GFBio supports the idea of open access to research data. But open access does not mean everyone can use your data at will. Data can (or must) be cited in the same manner as publications. Licenses, such as the Creative Commons licenses, define citation demands as well as further terms of use, for example, whether the data may be transformed.
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