Comply with necessary Research Software responsibilities

Research software that you create should:

* Comply with legal requirements by respecting the license conditions when reusing software created by others, as well as attributing them by citing reused software;

* Ensure that the research software is reliably, traceably and securely stored throughout the research life cycle (by providing appropriate documentation for the software and making use of a version-controlled environment for managing software);

* Archive the research software for a minimum of ten years after research results are published, unless legal requirements, discipline-specific guidelines or contractual arrangements dictate otherwise;

* Publish the research software as open source when possible and appropriate, preferably with a Persistent Identifier.

- Before publishing, the possibility of commercial exploitation and risks of Intellectual Copyright Infringement may be evaluated

* Register the research software in PURE, the Current Research Information System (CRIS) of the VU, to ensure there is an association between the software, you and the VU. Registering it here has several purposes:

- As the primary funders of our software developers and researchers, society has the right to know how their contributions are being utilized. We can use these software registrations to provide reports to the government, open science and open source interest groups, and the public.

- In the near future, open source software sharing may become a metric for evaluating 'scientific output' and merit, alongside peer-reviewed publications, data, and teaching skills.

Following the steps:

1- Incorporate your Software Management Plan

2-Meet the Research Software quality standards

and:

3-Make finding your software easy

Ensures that you comply with the necessary Research Software responsibilities.