This week, I started thinking about something very important that I hadn't stopped to consider. During the week, we had a meeting with a lawyer who specializes in defending and protecting copyright, mostly for artists. She gave us a talk about why it's so important to have a license that ensures our project or work is recognized as our own and to decide if we want to authorize others to use our research or replicate our project. It was a very interesting topic that I hadn't considered before.

However, I would like to address the types of licenses I found here, as they depend on the target audience you want for your project, the reach you want to achieve, or the economic intention behind it. Each of these licenses serves different purposes.

In my case, I developed this project without any profit motive; I don't seek financial gain. I'd like it to be a project that many people can continue to investigate and develop so that we can improve technology in other universities and projects if they decide to use it later. The main goal of this project was to help a community that could benefit from the results my device would produce.

In this case, I couldn't fully address the real problem needed in those communities, which was to detect lead in clay pieces. However, I hope this could help in the future to seek alternatives for the quantitative detection of heavy metals in any everyday items or materials.

1. Importance of licenses

Work Protection: Licenses allow creators to retain control over how their work is used, ensuring they are always recognized as the authors.

Collaboration Encouragement: The right license can enable others to develop your project while giving credit where it's due.

Preventing Misuse: Licenses can also prevent your project from being used in ways contrary to its principles, such as unauthorized commercial use.

2. Common License Types

Creative Commons (CC)

Ideal for making your work widely accessible with minimal restrictions. Variants include:

• CC BY: Allows any use, provided credit is given.
• CC BY-NC: Allows non-commercial use only.
• CC BY-SA: Requires derivative works to be licensed under identical terms.

Open Source Software Licenses (if applicable)

• MIT License: Permits virtually any use, including commercial, with attribution.
• GPL License: Ensures derivative works are also open source.

How is the project funded?

The primary goal was to address a community need by providing a low-cost, accessible solution for the detection of heavy metals, specifically Lead, in environmental and material samples./p>

Is there a business plan?

There is no traditional business plan as the project was not intended for commercial exploitation. Instead, the focus is on creating an open and collaborative research environment where other scientists, students, and institutions can build upon the technology. The project aims to contribute to the broader scientific community by enabling further advancements in detecting heavy metals.

Why did i choose the Creative Commons license?

The Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0 license was chosen to strike a balance between protecting the intellectual property and encouraging its widespread use and improvement. This license ensures:

• Recognition: The original creator is always credited.
• Non-commercial Use: The technology can be used for research and social good without being exploited for profit.
• Collaboration: Derivative works must maintain the same open licensing, fostering a community of innovation and sharing.

If you want to use creative commons, maybe it would help you this steps of how i choose the license

It is very helpfull this website because you can choose between only the "Rich text" or HTML code. Read the steps to decide which it would works more with your project.

Licenses

CuMeter by Rodrigo Gomez Revilla is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

SLide and videoclip

The name in this draft of the slide is just spectrophotometer, but probably will change to the name of the project registred in the license. Once it appears in the license i will change in the final project.

Videoclip