Copyright and License

Tekinfo Transactions on Software Engineering (InfoSE) is a fully open-access journal. All articles published in InfoSE are made freely and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication, without subscription fees, access barriers, or embargo periods. The journal is committed to the principle that the open and unrestricted dissemination of research advances science and benefits society as a whole.

License Terms

All articles published in InfoSE are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). Under this license, readers and downstream users are free to share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format — and to adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material — for any purpose, including commercial use, provided that two conditions are met. First, appropriate credit must be given to the original authors, a link to the license must be provided, and any changes made to the original work must be clearly indicated. Second, if the material is remixed, transformed, or built upon, the resulting work must be distributed under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 license as the original. This copyleft condition ensures that derivative works remain freely accessible to the broader community under the same terms, perpetuating the open-access character of the work.

Copyright Retention

Authors who publish in InfoSE retain the copyright to their work. By submitting a manuscript, authors grant InfoSE and its publisher, Jurusan Teknologi Informasi Politeknik Negeri Padang, a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to publish, reproduce, and distribute the article in all formats — including digital, print, and any media yet to be developed — under the terms of the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Authors are permitted and encouraged to deposit the accepted version of their manuscript in an institutional repository, a preprint server, or any other open-access platform, provided that the final published source is acknowledged with a full citation and a link to the published version on the InfoSE website.

What CC BY-SA 4.0 Permits

Share
Anyone may copy and redistribute the published material in any medium or format, including incorporation into textbooks, teaching materials, databases, and derivative publications, for any purpose including commercial applications, without seeking prior permission from the authors or the publisher.

Adapt
Anyone may translate, excerpt, summarise, modify, or build upon the published material, including incorporating it into new research, datasets, software, or other creative works. Adaptations must be distributed under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license or a compatible license, ensuring that the copyleft principle is preserved through successive derivatives.

Use commercially
The CC BY-SA 4.0 license does not restrict commercial use. Published articles may be incorporated into commercial products, services, or publications provided that the attribution and ShareAlike conditions are observed.

What CC BY-SA 4.0 Requires

Attribution (BY)
Any use of the published material must give appropriate credit to the original authors. Attribution must include the names of all authors, the article title, the journal name (Tekinfo Transactions on Software Engineering), the volume, issue, page numbers, year of publication, and the DOI. A link to the original published version and to the CC BY-SA 4.0 license must also be provided. If modifications were made, this must be indicated clearly and in a manner that does not suggest the original authors endorse the adapted version.

ShareAlike (SA) — Copyleft
If the material is remixed, transformed, or built upon, the resulting derivative work must be licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license or a Creative Commons license with compatible terms. This ShareAlike condition — the copyleft mechanism of the license — ensures that the openness and accessibility of the original work is preserved in all derivative forms. Downstream users may not apply legal terms or technological measures that restrict others from exercising the rights granted by the license.

Self-Archiving and Preprints

Before submission (preprints)
Authors are permitted to post a preprint version of their manuscript — that is, a version that has not yet undergone peer review — on recognised preprint servers such as arXiv, TechRxiv, or an institutional repository prior to submission to InfoSE. Authors who have deposited a preprint are requested to disclose this in their cover letter and to update the preprint record with a link to the final published version once the article is available online.

After acceptance (postprints)
Following acceptance, authors may deposit the accepted manuscript (postprint) — the peer-reviewed version prior to copyediting and typesetting — in any open repository immediately upon publication. Authors are encouraged to deposit the final published version (version of record) wherever the repository policy permits, as this is the most reliable and citable form of the article.

Acknowledgement of source
In all cases of self-archiving or preprint posting, the deposited version must prominently acknowledge InfoSE as the original venue of publication and must include the full citation and a hyperlink to the published article using its assigned DOI. This acknowledgement should appear on the first page of the deposited document.

Third-Party Material

Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce any copyrighted material — including figures, tables, photographs, and extended quotations — from third-party sources where that material is not covered by an open license. Written permission must be obtained from the copyright holder prior to submission, and the source and permission status of all third-party material must be clearly stated in the manuscript. The CC BY-SA 4.0 license granted to InfoSE extends only to the original content of the article and does not apply to third-party material that has been incorporated under a separate license or permission arrangement.

Article Processing Charges

InfoSE does not charge authors any Article Processing Charges (APC) or submission fees. Publication costs are supported entirely by Jurusan Teknologi Informasi, Politeknik Negeri Padang. There are no charges to authors at any stage of the submission, review, or publication process. The journal's open-access model is sustained by institutional commitment to the free and unrestricted dissemination of scientific knowledge.

License in effect: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Copyright: Retained by authors
APC: None
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/