International Society for Dialogical Science (ISDS) 
http://www.dialogicalscience.org/

PUBLICATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
Accepted manuscripts cannot be published unless this form is completed, signed, 
and returned to the appropriate editor (see name and address in cover letter).

Title of manuscript:__________________________________________________________

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Author(s):__________________________________________________________________

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Corresponding author’s name: _________________________________________________

Address: __________________________________________________________________

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e-mail address: ______________________________  Phone: _______________________

SECTION I – AUTHORSHIP CERTIFICATION

(NOTE:  All authors must sign. The senior/corresponding author must provide an original signature; original or faxed signatures for the other authors will be acceptable.)

Through signature below, the undersigned author(s):

1. agrees to accept responsibility for the contents of the manuscript and hereby represents that the manuscript is original and does not violate any copyright or other proprietary right of any third party; 
2. agrees to deliver to the International Society for Dialogical Science (the ISDS) prior to publication all necessary permissions for use in the manuscript of any other copyrighted work(s); 
3. approves the order of authorship as listed at the top of this form; and
4. consents to the ISDS’s use of author’s and (where applicable) employer’s name and other identifying information in connection with the ISDS's use of the manuscript.

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CORRESPONDING AUTHOR:  Proceed to Section II and sign.

SECTION II – COPYRIGHT LICENSE
(NOTE:  Do not substitute institutional or other forms for this form.)

A.	The undersigned, desiring to publish the above manuscript through the International Society for Dialogical Science (ISDS) and its journal, the International Journal for Dialogical Science (IJDS), hereby grants to the ISDS on behalf of all authors, a non-exclusive, time-unlimited, non-terminable, royalty-free, worldwide right to:

•	reproduce, publish, display, and distribute the above manuscript, or any part thereof, in any format without limitation including electronic, digital, print, or other distribution formats at the discretion of the ISDS.

B.	The ISDS acknowledges and agrees that author and/or the employers for whom the work was performed:

1. 	retain all proprietary rights other than those the author grants here, such as remaining copyright and patent rights associated with the above manuscript; 
2.	may reproduce, or have reproduced, the above manuscript in its published form for the author’s personal use and for institutional use;
3.	may make distribution of all or portions of the above manuscript prior to publication by the ISDS; and,
4.	prepare derivative works based on the above manuscript and claim copyright in such derivative works.

Through signature below, the undersigned author (1) signifies acceptance of the terms and conditions listed above, (2) affirms that written permission has been obtained for all previously published and/or copyrighted material contained in this manuscript, and (3) affirms that he/she is empowered to sign this form on behalf of all authors.

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CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Proceed to Sections II-B and II-C.

B. 	Work Created Within the Scope of Employment

If your manuscript was prepared as a part of your job, the rights to your manuscript initially rest with your employer; therefore, the following section must be signed by an authorized agent of your employer.

	Employer’s representative signs here (in addition to author signing above).

 		     Authorized Signature and Title					Date

													
	                     Name of employer for whom work was performed

C.	Government Employee Certification:  Certifies work is in the public domain.

Authors who are U.S. Government employees are not required to sign Part B of the publication rights form, but any co-authors outside the Government are required to sign Part B.  However, if the majority of the authors or the primary authors are U.S. Government employees and the work was done as a part of their job, then the primary author should sign Part C of the publication rights form.

(If your work was performed under Government contract but you are not a Government 
employee, do not sign below.)

	I certify that the majority of the authors or the primary authors of the above manuscript are employees of the U.S. Government and performed this work as part of their employment and that the paper is therefore not subject to U.S. copyright protection.

		    Authorized signature			        Signer’s title if not author

    	      Name of government organization				Date

(Form version current as of March 1, 2006)