oh, come on. If you have done real science, you should know, that asking for scientific data is like asking for the source code of Windows. You have valid point

oh, come on. If you have done real science, you should know, that asking for scientific data is like asking for the source code of Windows. You have valid points (it has been published, you have licensed access, you can do cool stuff with it, verify and iron out the bugs etc.): but this is not the way it works. Reality does not match the sharing knowledge mantra - not to mention fudge factors and data context (experiment design, knowledge of measuring device, detector etc.). LEP data is not only useless because it is old and accessible via the dinosaurish FORTRAN, but because the knowledge of the metadata (i.e. shower profile of an endcap) almost gone and certainly not available to outsiders. Reproducible experiments themselves are becoming the exception and not the norm. In every field. (not to mention specialisation).