Merge pull request #7 from odtp-org/docs-add-ip-and-funding

added acknowledgements, funding and IP info

README.md

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+# Acknowledgments, Copyright, and Licensing
+## Acknowledgments and Funding
+This work is part of the broader project **O**pen **D**igital **T**win **P**latform of the **S**wiss **M**obility **S**ystem (ODTP-SMS) funded by Swissuniversities CHORD grant Track B - Establish Projects. ODTP-SMS project is a joint endeavour by the Center for Sustainable Future Mobility - CSFM (ETH Zürich) and the Swiss Data Science Center - SDSC (EPFL and ETH Zürich). 
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+## Copyright
+Copyright © 2024 Swiss Data Science Center (SDSC, www.datascience.ch), represented by  École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETH Zürich), and Center for Sustainable Future Mobility (CSFM, https://csfm.ethz.ch), represented by ETH Zürich. All rights reserved.
+This copyright encompasses all materials, software, documentation, and other content created and developed by the SDSC and CSFM.
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+## Intellectual Property (IP) Rights
+The Open Digital Twin Workflow Standard (ODTWS) is the result of a collaborative effort between ETH Zurich (ETHZ) and the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). Both institutions hold equal intellectual property rights, reflecting the equitable and shared contributions of EPFL and ETH Zürich in the development and advancement of this initiative.  
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+## Licensing
+The core component of the ODTWS is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). This allows for the freedom to use, share, and adapt the work, even for commercial purposes, as long as appropriate credit is given and any derivative works are licensed under the same terms.
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+### Alternative Commercial Licensing
+Alternative commercial licensing options for the standard are available and can be negotiated through the EPFL Technology Transfer Office (https://tto.epfl.ch) or ETH Zürich Technology Transfer Office (https://ethz.ch/en/industry/transfer.html).