tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7844526396210378482.post8174658865967344859..comments2008-06-28T17:51:04.526-07:00baoilleachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03288289351940689018noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7844526396210378482.post-18767361931107928232008-06-28T17:51:00.000-07:002008-06-28T17:51:00.000-07:00That's a new one on me.<BR/><BR/>Think of all the great ways to game the system. It said "first publication", not "first peer reviewed publications". Write up an article for the local paper. Or for that matter, start a new journal (circulation 2 - Mom gets a copy) and publish in there.<BR/><BR/>Play a game of chicken - write up something fraudulent and pass it by them. Would they really want their name on something wrong? Yet the contract says their name must be on the paper. Mmm, but they can withdraw the license.<BR/><BR/>Did you notice they require two citations in any paper which uses their software? That's another way to up your citation count. Add it to your NOABL!<BR/><BR/>Searching citations, I see there are some people who use the software and make one of the groups as collaborators. I wonder if Appl. Phys. Lett (one of the journals where that occurs) knows, and if it is in violation of their author agreement.<BR/><BR/>Interesting. If a modification requires change to the core and it's contributed back then it must be under a "perpetual royalty-free, irrevocable license." I see nothing there which would exclude GPL as an allowed license. Of course they would then threaten to remove the license.<BR/><BR/>Just Say No?Andrew Dalkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17091314849699854287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7844526396210378482.post-85522434247693068962008-06-25T10:03:00.000-07:002008-06-25T10:03:00.000-07:00Well, if you read the original license, you'll see that they choose the name of a greedy, ugly and extremely pitiable creature for their product. This explains everything.<BR/>Probably their role model :-)<BR/>On the other hand, it made me first think that it was an Aprils fool joke.Christophhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12332554188535884420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7844526396210378482.post-33312173224479410662008-06-25T03:59:00.000-07:002008-06-25T03:59:00.000-07:00Oh, so they formalized it now? I once heard at a conference people saying they have been using this approach in chemoinformatics for years...Egon Willighagenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470952136305035540noreply@blogger.com