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As https://twitter.com/madprime/status/619503684838387716 https://twitter.com/madprime/status/619503684838387716 points out, the argument that you're cheating t

As https://twitter.com/madprime/status/619503684838387716 https://twitter.com/madprime/status/619503684838387716 points out, the argument that you're cheating the US Government out of public money by releasing without a non-commercial clause is bizarre -- everything the US Government releases is required by law to be released into the public domain.

maaku 11y ago
Except that's not true? Most things release "by the government" had a contractor involved somehow, and government contractors have a different set of rules.
- i000 11y ago
  Are you suggesting scientists are "goverment contractors"? Never thought of myself as one.
  - angersock 11y ago
    Well, yeah. What's the problem? Money has no smell.
  - dekhn 11y ago
    What did you think you were doing when you got a grant from the NIH, NSF, or DOE? You entered in a research contract with the government.
meeper16 11y ago
With the big exception of what is funded by the DOD/DOE, DARPA etc and run through national labs like Berkeley, Livermore, Sandia... this is why they have commercial licensing and tech transfer operations in place.
GFK_of_xmaspast 11y ago
There's a huge difference between 'government employee' and 'accepts federal grants'.