The following is a model open-access policy in the Harvard style — with a freely waivable rights-retaining license and a deposit requirement. This language is based on and informed by the policies voted by several Harvard faculties, as well as MIT, Stanford University School of Education, Duke University, and others. I have added some annotations explaining why the wording is chosen as it is. Further information explaining the motivation for and implementation of the Harvard open-access policies is available at the web site of Harvard’s Office for Scholarly Communication (http://osc.hul.harvard.edu/). Inquiries about the policy and this model language can be made to osc@hulmail.harvard.edu. This document will be updated over time as further refinements are made to the policy. This is revision 1.7 of April 17, 2010, 00:57:25.