According to the terms of SBU’s Open Access Policy, authors may request a waiver of their grant of license to the university on a per-article basis, or choose to delay public access to an article.
Waiver
A waiver enables an author to opt out of the SBU open access policy for a particular article. The author’s rights are then limited to what is allowed by the publication agreement signed with the publisher. Often, the agreement still allows authors to post a version of the article in their institutional repository. You may request a waiver by emailing openaccess@stonybrook.edu.
Embargo
An embargo delays public access to an article in Academic Commons until a specified period after publication. The author chooses to retain the rights reserved by the policy, but agrees not to exercise them until the embargo period has passed.
Addendum
An author can send an addendum to a publisher to remind them of the SBU OA policy or to further ensure familiarity with its terms, but the policy is fully effective without an addendum.