Check which licence terms apply to you

Publications in the Report K* series are made available under different licensing models, because the way a report is used depends not only on who purchases the publication, but also on how many people will use it, for what purpose, and within what organisational structure.

A private individual purchasing a report for personal reading requires a different licence than an expert using the report as a source in professional work, and a different licence is required by an institution, team, library, university, company or strategic organisation.

The purpose of the licensing system is not to complicate access to publications, but to clearly define the boundaries of use, so that the purchaser knows from the outset what they may do with the publication and what is not covered by a given access variant.

How to choose the right licence

The simplest rule is this: the licence should be selected according to the actual manner of using the publication, not merely according to the formal status of the purchaser.

If the report is purchased by a natural person and used only individually, the appropriate licence will be the Individual Licence. If the same person uses the report professionally — as an expert, author, analyst, journalist, commentator, adviser or lecturer — the appropriate licence may be the Expert Licence.

If the report is purchased by an institution, but is to be used only by one indicated person, one position or one limited organisational unit, the appropriate licence may be the Institutional Single-Copy Licence. If the report is used by several people within a team, department, editorial office, law firm or analytical unit, the Team / Departmental Licence should be selected.

If the report is to be made available in a library, reading room or library resource, the appropriate licence is the Library Licence. If the report is to be used in teaching, classes, seminars, academic courses or as part of a curriculum, the appropriate licence is the Academic / Teaching Licence.

If the reports are to be used by a larger organisation, company, public administration body, fund, strategic unit or multiple organisational units, the appropriate licence will be the Corporate / Strategic Licence or an individually agreed access variant.

Types of licences

Individual Licence

The Individual Licence is intended for one natural person who uses the publication independently, for their own cognitive, scientific, educational, analytical or authorial purposes.

This variant does not include making the report available to other persons, sending the PDF file, placing the publication in shared resources, or using it as team, institutional or commercial material.

Choose this licence if: you are purchasing the report for yourself and only you will use it.

Document: Terms of the Individual Licence

Expert Licence

The Expert Licence is intended for one natural person who uses the publication in professional, expert, analytical, media, authorial, educational, journalistic, advisory or similar professional activity.

The licence allows the report to be used as a source of knowledge, inspiration, argumentation, context and reference in the user’s own work, but it does not allow the report to be provided to clients, training participants, editorial offices, teams or other persons. It also does not allow the creation of materials whose essential value consists in substituting the Institute’s publication.

Choose this licence if: you are an expert, analyst, author, journalist, commentator, adviser, content creator, independent lecturer or another person using the report professionally.

Document: Terms of the Expert Licence

Institutional Single-Copy Licence

The Institutional Single-Copy Licence is intended for an institution, organisation, public unit, university, foundation, association, analytical centre, research unit or other entity that purchases a publication within a limited single-copy scope.

This variant means that the publication may be used by one indicated person, one indicated position, one indicated organisational unit or within another limited scope accepted by the Institute.

The Institutional Single-Copy Licence does not grant the right to make the publication available to the entire institution, all employees, the whole team, students, the library, a department or any other persons not indicated within the scope of the licence.

Choose this licence if: the report is purchased by an institution, but is to be used only by one person, one position or one very limited organisational unit.

Document: Terms of the Institutional Single-Copy Licence

Team / Departmental Licence

The Team / Departmental Licence is intended for teams, divisions, departments, editorial offices, law firms, analytical units, research teams, expert offices, advisory units, think-tanks, companies and organisations in which a publication is used by more than one person.

The licence may include variants for up to 3, up to 5 or up to 10 users. Access for a larger number of users requires individual pricing or a separate extended licence.

This variant does not mean access for the entire institution. It covers only the indicated team, division, department, editorial office, law firm, project or another limited organisational scope.

Choose this licence if: the report is to be used by several people within one team, department, editorial office, law firm, project or analytical unit.

Document: Terms of the Team / Departmental Licence

Library Licence

The Library Licence is intended for libraries, reading rooms, academic libraries, scientific libraries, institute libraries, public libraries, archives, documentation centres and other entities maintaining an organised library or reading resource.

The basic scope of the Library Licence is the controlled provision of a printed copy or digital access agreed with the Institute. Purchasing a digital file by a library does not automatically mean the right to provide the file to library users, place it in a repository, digital catalogue, intranet or remote access system.

Choose this licence if: the report is to become part of a library, reading room, archive or library catalogue resource.

Document: Terms of the Library Licence

Academic / Teaching Licence

The Academic / Teaching Licence is intended for universities, academic units, lecturers, course instructors, seminars, courses, doctoral schools, student research circles, educational units, research institutes and other entities conducting teaching, academic, scientific or educational activities.

The licence allows the publication to be used as a source in teaching, listed in a syllabus, discussed during classes, quoted in short excerpts and used as a point of reference in educational work. However, it does not automatically grant the right to provide the full PDF file to students, place the report on Moodle, Teams, Google Classroom, in a university repository or in an e-learning system.

Choose this licence if: the report is to be used in teaching, classes, seminars, academic courses or as part of a curriculum.

Document: Terms of the Academic / Teaching Licence

Corporate / Strategic Licence

The Corporate / Strategic Licence is intended for large organisations, enterprises, funds, public administration, strategic institutions, international organisations, research and development units, infrastructure entities, management teams, analytical structures, strategy departments, risk departments, security units, capital groups and other entities requiring extended, strategic or multi-user access to the Institute’s publications.

This variant may include use by more than 10 users, multiple organisational units, selected branches, specified departments or an individually agreed scope of access.

The Corporate / Strategic Licence does not mean the right to publicly disseminate reports, provide them to clients, contractors or external partners, or use them as the basis of commercial advisory products without separate consent of the Institute.

Choose this licence if: the reports are to be used by a larger organisation, public administration body, company, fund, strategy department, risk department, security unit or decision-making structure.

Document: Terms of the Corporate / Strategic Licence

Premium / Strategic Package

The Premium / Strategic Package is not a standalone licence, but an access package to publications. This means that it defines which regular volumes, special volumes, language versions, formats and additional materials are covered by access, while the manner of using those publications is defined by the applicable user licence.

Most often, the Premium / Strategic Package is linked to the Corporate / Strategic Licence, but in special cases it may be linked to another licence variant if this follows from the offer or from an individual arrangement with the Institute.

The package may include regular volumes of the Report K* series, selected special volumes, preferential access to additional publications, digital versions, printed versions, Polish and English versions, and other elements indicated in the offer description.

Choose this package if: you want broad access to publications of the Report K* series, including both regular volumes and selected special volumes.

Document: Terms of the Premium / Strategic Package

Subscriptions and licences

A subscription primarily defines the access period and the number of volumes covered by the package, while the licence defines who may use the publication and how it may be used.

This means that the same time-based subscription may be available under different licence variants. For example, an annual subscription may be available as Individual, Expert, Institutional, Team / Departmental or Corporate / Strategic — but the scope of use will be different in each of these variants.

When selecting a subscription, it is therefore necessary to check not only the number of volumes and the access period, but also the assigned licence.

Basic subscription variants

Report K* subscriptions may be offered in particular in the following time variants:

Tertial subscription — 4 months / 2 regular volumes.

Half-year subscription — 6 months / 3 regular volumes.

Annual subscription — 12 months / 6 regular volumes.

The detailed scope of a given subscription, including access to special volumes, printed versions, digital versions, language versions or preferential terms, follows from the description of the specific product.

Special volumes

Special volumes of the Report K* series may be sold separately or included in selected packages if the offer description so provides.

If a package includes “up to 3 special volumes per year”, this means the maximum number of special volumes covered by the package, not an obligation of the Institute to publish exactly three special volumes in a given year.

If the Institute publishes fewer special volumes during the package period, the purchaser receives access to the volumes actually published. If the Institute publishes more special volumes than are covered by the package, the remaining volumes may be available on preferential terms if the offer description so provides.

Digital and printed versions

Publications may be made available in digital form, printed form or both formats, in accordance with the description of the specific product.

The digital version may be delivered as a PDF file or, in the future, through the Institute’s digital reading room. Digital files may be individually marked, including with the purchaser’s data, order number, licence type, purchase date, access scope or other markings enabling the copy to be identified.

The printed version includes a physical copy of the publication. Purchasing a printed copy does not mean the right to scan the publication, digitise it, create electronic copies or disseminate the content of the publication.

Language versions

The Institute’s publications may be made available in Polish, English or other languages, provided that they have been prepared and published.

If the product description states that the purchase includes the Polish and English versions, the purchaser receives access to both versions, provided that both have actually been published. If a given publication exists only in one language version, access includes the version actually published, unless the offer description provides otherwise.

In case of doubt

If you are not sure which licence corresponds to your intended manner of using the publication, please contact the Institute before purchasing.

Choosing the correct licence is particularly important when a publication is to be used by more than one person, within an institution, company, library, university, team, editorial office, law firm, public administration body or in commercial, advisory, educational or strategic activity.