a) Luckily in my field, most prestige comes from the DFRWS[0], which is open. And working on&#x2F;with certain tools, most of which are also FLOSS.<p>b) As I understand, in my country it&#x27;s impossible for an author to loose rights over his own work. However, I&#x27;m not a lawyer and can&#x27;t give more specific details.<p>[0] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dfrws.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dfrws.org&#x2F;</a>