From: Daniel Kulp <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 12:21:08 -0400

In response to Alicia and Stevan's recent exchange:

The American Physical Society (APS) has had a collaborative
relationship with authors and their institutions concerning "green"
open access and derivative works for years.  It has been in the
interest of the Society to help support authors' efforts to
disseminate
their results in a way that maintains the financial stability of the
journals.  Within our standard Copyright Transfer Agreement we
allow the following concerning the posting of the final APS version
and the updated author's version on different websites and
e-print servers, and rights associated with derivative works.

POSTING APS VERSION:

(3) The right to use all or part of the Article, including the
APS-prepared version without revision or modification, on the
author(s)’ web
home page or employer’s website and to make copies of all or part of
the Article, including the APS-prepared version without revision or
modification, for the author(s)’ and/or the employer’s use for
educational or research purposes.

UPDATED VERSION ON E-PRINT SERVER:

(4) The right to post and update the Article on free-access e-print
servers as long as files prepared and/or formatted by APS or its
vendors are not used for that purpose. Any such posting made or
updated after acceptance of the Article for publication shall include
a link to the online abstract in the APS journal or to the entry page
of the journal. If the author wishes the APS-prepared version to be
used for an online posting other than on the author(s)’ or employer’s
website, APS permission is required; if permission is granted, APS
will provide the Article as it was published in the journal, and use
will be subject to APS terms and conditions.

DERIVATIVE WORKS:

(5) The right to make, and hold copyright in, works derived from the
Article, as long as all of the following conditions are met: (a) at
least one author of the derived work is an author of the Article; (b)
the derived work includes at least ten (10) percent of new material
not covered by APS’s copyright in the Article; and (c) the derived
work includes no more than fifty (50) percent of the text (including
equations) of the Article. If these conditions are met, copyright in
the derived work rests with the authors of that work, and APS (and its
successors and assigns) will make no claim on that copyright. If these
conditions are not met, explicit APS permission must be obtained.
Nothing in this Section shall prevent APS (and its successors and
assigns) from exercising its rights in the Article.

APS has other open access programs and initiatives that I am more than
willing to talk about (feel free to email me if you have questions);
however, I will stop here since the points above respond more directly
to the thread.

Daniel T. Kulp
Editorial Director
American Physical Society