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From my reading of the threads in the kernel mailing lists, it seems the IRB thought "is it bioscience with experimentation on live animals? No? Then it's all f
by zxspectrum1982 6y ago
From my reading of the threads in the kernel mailing lists, it seems the IRB thought "is it bioscience with experimentation on live animals? No? Then it's all fine".
- ellisv 6y agoI participated in IRB for a UMN campus and that’s pretty much how these things worked back then.
- seoaeu 6y agoYeah, especially considering that the IRB said the research was out of scope (specifically that it was not "human subject research") rather than indicating that it was ethical. Kind of like the distinction between a court not having jurisdiction and a court declaring you didn't break any laws.