Authors who publish their articles in Nusantara Journal of Computer Science (Journal NusaCS) agree to the following copyright and licensing terms:

1. Copyright and Publication License

Authors retain the copyright of their published works and grant Nusantara Journal of Computer Science (Journal NusaCS) the right of first publication. All published articles are simultaneously licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits others to read, use, share, and distribute the work, provided that proper credit is given to the original authors and the initial publication in this journal is acknowledged.

2. Distribution and Republishing

Authors may enter into separate and additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of their work, such as depositing it in an institutional repository or publishing it in a book, provided that the initial publication in Nusantara Journal of Computer Science (Journal NusaCS) is properly acknowledged.

Authors are also permitted and encouraged to share their work online, either before or during the manuscript submission process, through institutional repositories or personal websites. Such practices may promote scholarly exchange, increase the visibility of research findings, and enhance the potential citation impact of published articles.

3. Licensing for Data Publication

Nusantara Journal of Computer Science (Journal NusaCS) supports the openness and accessibility of research data through the use of licenses appropriate to the nature and requirements of data publication. The following licenses may be applied:

• Open Data Commons Attribution License (ODC-By 1.0) as the default license: https://www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/by/1.0/

• Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication): https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

• Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and License (PDDL 1.0): https://www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/pddl/1-0/

Other data publication licenses may be considered as exceptions, subject to the editor's approval on a case-by-case basis. Requests for alternative licenses must be accompanied by a written justification from the authors, which will be published alongside the relevant article.

4. Open Data and Software Sharing Policy

Nusantara Journal of Computer Science (Journal NusaCS) is committed to promoting transparency, reproducibility, and verification of research findings. Therefore, authors are required to make the data, source code, and research protocols underlying their reported findings available whenever possible.

Exceptions to this requirement may be granted when justified by valid considerations, such as ethical concerns, privacy protection, or legal restrictions. Any such exception must be accompanied by a written statement that will be published alongside the article.

5. Data and Software Storage and Archiving

Research datasets and software must be deposited and permanently archived in appropriate and trusted repositories, including general-purpose or subject-specific repositories. Authors may use data repositories such as:

• re3data: https://www.re3data.org/

• Zenodo: https://zenodo.org/

• Dryad: https://datadryad.org/

• Dataverse: https://dataverse.org/

For source code and software storage, authors may also use platforms such as GitHub, GitLab, Bioinformatics.org, or other relevant repositories.

6. Data and Software Availability Statement

All authors are required to include a Data and Software Availability Statement in their submitted manuscripts. This statement must provide access links or persistent identifiers, such as Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs), where available.

Datasets and software used in the research must also be cited in the article's reference list, including their DOIs where available. If no suitable subject-specific repository exists, authors are encouraged to deposit their datasets in trusted general-purpose repositories.

Small datasets may be provided as supplementary files accompanying the published article. However, depositing research data in permanent repositories is strongly encouraged to ensure long-term accessibility, preservation, and availability of research materials.