Academic papers yanked after authors found to have used unlicensed software

10 pointsposted 20 hours ago
by clcaev

2 Comments

dmitrygr

19 hours ago

Tough. On one hand, sure, stealing others' work (software) is a shitty thing to do. On the other hand, science is science. Their findings are no less valid due to what software they used. I'd publish it anyways, with a notice on top of the article (to duly shame them). We should not let science suffer on the altar of IP!

Teever

18 hours ago

Copyright infringement is absolutely not theft.

Don't conflate the two.