Theses on Line
Created in 2001, TEL (Theses-on-Line) is dedicated to the self-archiving of theses and HDRs (accreditations to supervise research). Like HAL, it is multi-disciplinary and available to any user who has defended his/her thesis, irrespective of his/her university.  Theses are highly important documents which must be valued as essential vectors of scientific communication, an expression of research activities in universities and references for young doctors’ careers.
Authors can deposit their work in HAL, or directly in TEL. The date and time of the deposit are displayed and the deposit has a unique identifier in the form of tel-00000000 and a persistent url.
All authors can use the specific function offered by HAL to create their CV, which will be automatically updated with their subsequent publications if they are also deposited in the archive.
A research centre or institutional portal can also raise the profile of theses produced by creating a collection.
https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr
le_centre_pour_la_communication_scientifique_directe
No - we would need to spontaneously reach out to the current owners/custodians
aude.allandrieu@ccsd.cnrs.fr
No
Yes, it can be used, many documents have creative commons licenses, but some don't