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Academic papers yanked after authors found to have used unlicensed software (go.theregister.com)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22010430

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Lmao generalise that attitude and trust me you throw away half of the papers out there.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 day ago (1 children)

For real. Academics are some of the most prolific pirates I’ve ever met. Usually out of necessity because we don’t pay them reasonably or value their work.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago

And when there is money it's often earmarked in ways that severely restrict its use for, e.g., paying for software