diff --git a/src/components/screens/ScoreSetCreator.vue b/src/components/screens/ScoreSetCreator.vue
index b03b3417..1e5d77a4 100644
--- a/src/components/screens/ScoreSetCreator.vue
+++ b/src/components/screens/ScoreSetCreator.vue
@@ -322,11 +322,20 @@
                       </Message>
                     </div>
                   </div>
-                  <div v-if="licenseId && licenses && licenses.find((l) => l.id == licenseId)?.shortName == 'Other - See Data Usage Guidelines'"
+                  <div class="mavedb-wizard-row">
+                    <div class="mavedb-wizard-help">
+                      Would you like to define any additional restrictions governing the usage of data within this score set?
+                    </div>
+                    <div class="mavedb-wizard-content">
+                      <InputSwitch v-model="hasCustomUsagePolicy" :aria-labelledby="$scopedId('input-has-custom-usage-policy')" />
+                      <div class="mavedb-switch-value">{{ hasCustomUsagePolicy ? 'Yes, I would like to define additional usage guidelines' : 'No, I do not need to define additional usage guidenlines' }}</div>
+                    </div>
+                  </div>
+                  <div v-if="hasCustomUsagePolicy"
                     class="mavedb-wizard-row">
                     <div class="mavedb-wizard-help">
                       <label>
-                        A license and/or any restrictions governing the usage of the data in this score set.
+                        Any additional guidelines governing the usage of the data in this score set.
                       </label>
                       <div class="mavedb-help-small">
                         This may assert, for example, the original author's right to publish the data first.
@@ -1221,7 +1230,7 @@ export default {
       targetGeneIdentifierSuggestions[dbName] = useItems({ itemTypeName: `${dbName.toLowerCase()}-identifier-search` })
     }
 
-    const licenses = useItems({itemTypeName: 'license'})
+    const licenses = useItems({itemTypeName: 'active-license'})
     const taxonomies = useItems({itemTypeName: 'taxonomy'})
     const taxonomySuggestions = useItems({itemTypeName: 'taxonomy-search'})
     const geneNames = useItems({ itemTypeName: 'gene-names' })
@@ -1284,6 +1293,7 @@ export default {
     abstractText: null,
     methodText: null,
     licenseId: null,
+    hasCustomUsagePolicy: false,
     dataUsagePolicy: null,
 
     contributors: [],
@@ -2093,6 +2103,7 @@ export default {
         this.methodText = this.item.methodText
         this.licenseId = this.item.license.id
         this.dataUsagePolicy = this.item.dataUsagePolicy
+        this.hasCustomUsagePolicy = this.dataUsagePolicy ? true : false
 
         this.contributors = _.sortBy(this.item.contributors, ['familyName', 'givenName', 'orcidId'])
         this.doiIdentifiers = this.item.doiIdentifiers
@@ -2129,6 +2140,7 @@ export default {
         this.abstractText = null
         this.methodText = null
         this.licenseId = this.defaultLicenseId
+        this.hasCustomUsagePolicy = false
         this.dataUsagePolicy = null
 
         this.contributors = []
@@ -2168,7 +2180,7 @@ export default {
       ).filter(
         secondary => !primaryPublicationIdentifiers.some(primary => primary.identifier == secondary.identifier && primary.dbName == secondary.dbName)
       )
-      console.log(this.scoreRanges)
+
       const editedFields = {
         experimentUrn: this.experimentUrn ? this.experimentUrn : this.experiment?.urn,
         title: this.title,
@@ -2181,7 +2193,7 @@ export default {
         doiIdentifiers: this.doiIdentifiers.map((identifier) => _.pick(identifier, 'identifier')),
         primaryPublicationIdentifiers: primaryPublicationIdentifiers,
         secondaryPublicationIdentifiers: secondaryPublicationIdentifiers,
-        dataUsagePolicy: this.dataUsagePolicy,
+        dataUsagePolicy: this.hasCustomUsagePolicy ? this.dataUsagePolicy : null,
         extraMetadata: {},
 
         scoreRanges: {
diff --git a/src/components/screens/ScoreSetEditor.vue b/src/components/screens/ScoreSetEditor.vue
index 3efe6311..4ddb6700 100644
--- a/src/components/screens/ScoreSetEditor.vue
+++ b/src/components/screens/ScoreSetEditor.vue
@@ -158,17 +158,24 @@
                 <div v-if="itemStatus == 'NotLoaded' || this.item.private == true">
                   <div class="field">
                     <span class="p-float-label">
-                      <Dropdown v-model="licenseId" :id="$scopedId('input-targetLicenseId')" :options="licenses"
-                        optionLabel="longName" optionValue="id" style="width: 50%"/>
+                      <Dropdown v-model="licenseId" :id="$scopedId('input-targetLicenseId')" :options="selectableLicenses"
+                        optionLabel="longName" optionValue="id" style="width: 100%" />
                       <label :for="$scopedId('input-targetLicenseId')">License</label>
                     </span>
-                    <span v-if="validationErrors['targetSequence.taxonomy']" class="mave-field-error">{{validationErrors['targetSequence.taxonomy']}}</span>
+                    <span v-if="validationErrors.licenseId" class="mave-field-error">{{validationErrors.licenseId}}</span>
+                  </div>
+                  <div v-if="licenseId && licenses && licenses.find((l) => l.id == licenseId)?.active !== true">
+                    <Message severity="warn">
+                      The currently selected license is outdated and no longer supported for new score sets. We highly recommend switching to an updated license
+                      to ensure your dataset is not excluded from data federation and aggregation by MaveDB collaborators.
+                    </Message>
+                  </div>
+                  <div v-else-if="licenseId && licenses && licenses.find((l) => l.id == licenseId)?.shortName != 'CC0'">
+                    <Message severity="warn">
+                      Choosing a license with these restrictions may cause your dataset to be excluded from data federation
+                      and aggregation by MaveDB collaborators.
+                    </Message>
                   </div>
-                  <Message v-if="licenseId && licenses && licenses.find((l) => l.id == licenseId)?.shortName != 'CC0'"
-                    severity="warn">
-                    Choosing a license with these restrictions may cause your dataset to be excluded from data federation
-                    and aggregation by MaveDB collaborators.
-                  </Message>
                   <div class="field">
                     <span class="p-float-label">
                       <Chips
@@ -938,6 +945,9 @@
       defaultLicenseId: function () {
         return this.licenses ? this.licenses.find((license) => license.shortName == 'CC0')?.id : null
       },
+      selectableLicenses: function () {
+        return this.licenses ? this.licenses.filter((license) => this.licenseIsSelectable(license)) : []
+      },
       geneNamesAsObject: function () {
         // Heinous workaround for string filtration, see: https://github.com/primefaces/primevue/issues/2059
         // When this is fixed, we'll need to also remove object accessors in other miscellaneous helpers below.
@@ -1403,6 +1413,16 @@
         this.setTaxonomySearch(event.query)
       },
 
+      // A license is selectable if it is the active license for a score set or if it is marked as active
+      // in the backend.
+      licenseIsSelectable: function(license) {
+        if (this.item?.license.id === license.id) {
+          return true
+        } else {
+          return license.active
+        }
+      },
+
       targetsCleared: function () {
         this.targetGenes = [];
       },
diff --git a/src/lib/item-types.js b/src/lib/item-types.js
index 79e0b01f..9bf6189f 100644
--- a/src/lib/item-types.js
+++ b/src/lib/item-types.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const itemTypes = {
     }
   },
   'controlled-keywords-variant-search': {
-    name: 'controlled-keywords-variant-library-search', 
+    name: 'controlled-keywords-variant-library-search',
     restCollectionName: 'controlled-keywords',
     httpOptions: {
       list: {
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const itemTypes = {
     }
   },
   'controlled-keywords-endo-system-search': {
-    name: 'controlled-keyword-endogenous-locus-library-method-system', 
+    name: 'controlled-keyword-endogenous-locus-library-method-system',
     restCollectionName: 'controlled-keywords',
     httpOptions: {
       list: {
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ const itemTypes = {
     }
   },
   'controlled-keywords-endo-mechanism-search': {
-    name: 'controlled-keywords-endogenous-locus-library-method-mechanism', 
+    name: 'controlled-keywords-endogenous-locus-library-method-mechanism',
     restCollectionName: 'controlled-keywords',
     httpOptions: {
       list: {
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ const itemTypes = {
     }
   },
   'controlled-keywords-in-vitro-system-search': {
-    name: 'controlled-keywords-in-vitro-construct-library-method-system', 
+    name: 'controlled-keywords-in-vitro-construct-library-method-system',
     restCollectionName: 'controlled-keywords',
     httpOptions: {
       list: {
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ const itemTypes = {
     }
   },
   'controlled-keywords-in-vitro-mechanism-search': {
-    name: 'controlled-keywords-in-vitro-construct-library-method-mechanism', 
+    name: 'controlled-keywords-in-vitro-construct-library-method-mechanism',
     restCollectionName: 'controlled-keywords',
     httpOptions: {
       list: {
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ const itemTypes = {
     }
   },
   'controlled-keywords-delivery-search': {
-    name: 'controlled-keywords-delivery-method', 
+    name: 'controlled-keywords-delivery-method',
     restCollectionName: 'controlled-keywords',
     httpOptions: {
       list: {
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ const itemTypes = {
     }
   },
   'controlled-keywords-phenotypic-dimensionality-search': {
-    name: 'controlled-keywords-phenotypic-assay-dimensionality', 
+    name: 'controlled-keywords-phenotypic-assay-dimensionality',
     restCollectionName: 'controlled-keywords',
     httpOptions: {
       list: {
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ const itemTypes = {
     }
   },
   'controlled-keywords-phenotypic-method-search': {
-    name: 'controlled-keywords-phenotypic-assay-method', 
+    name: 'controlled-keywords-phenotypic-assay-method',
     restCollectionName: 'controlled-keywords',
     httpOptions: {
       list: {
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ const itemTypes = {
     }
   },
   'controlled-keywords-phenotypic-modle-system-search': {
-    name: 'controlled-keywords-phenotypic-assay-model-system', 
+    name: 'controlled-keywords-phenotypic-assay-model-system',
     restCollectionName: 'controlled-keywords',
     httpOptions: {
       list: {
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ const itemTypes = {
     }
   },
   'controlled-keywords-phenotypic-profiling-strategy-search': {
-    name: 'controlled-keywords-phenotypic-assay-profiling-strategy', 
+    name: 'controlled-keywords-phenotypic-assay-profiling-strategy',
     restCollectionName: 'controlled-keywords',
     httpOptions: {
       list: {
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ const itemTypes = {
     }
   },
   'controlled-keywords-phenotypic-sequencing-type-search': {
-    name: 'controlled-keywords-phenotypic-assay-sequencing-read-type', 
+    name: 'controlled-keywords-phenotypic-assay-sequencing-read-type',
     restCollectionName: 'controlled-keywords',
     httpOptions: {
       list: {
@@ -144,6 +144,16 @@ const itemTypes = {
     name: 'license', // TODO Redundant, change this structure
     restCollectionName: 'licenses'
   },
+  'active-license': {
+    name: 'active-license', // TODO Redundant, change this structure
+    restCollectionName: 'active-licenses',
+    httpOptions: {
+      list: {
+        method: 'get',
+        url: `${config.apiBaseUrl}/licenses/active`
+      }
+    }
+  },
   'pubmedPublicationIdentifier': {
     name: 'pubmedPublicationIdentifier', // TODO Redundant, change this structure
     restCollectionName: 'publication-identifiers',