RE: Realtime/embedded project to help with employment.

["Robert C. Leif" <rleif@rleif.com>]

I should note that I must be in favor of scientific publications, since I
authored 85 of them, edited 9 books, and refereed innumerable publications.
All for free. However, I patent and copyright as much of my work as
possible. 

I might note that the publishers of scientific journals have thoroughly
ripped off the authors, referees, and the US taxpayers. We scientists do not
charge for the publications; and the taxpayers support our research. The
publishers are inefficient, overcharge and have done everything possible to
interfere with the publications being available for a reasonable cost over
the Internet. A reasonable cost is the same as that for a patent, $3.00.
Hopefully, the publishers will be disintermediated and replaced by the
scientific societies posting their publications directly on the Internet.

I consider GNU the Socialistic approach to software development. I favor my
fellow technocrats and hope to maximize their return on their labor.

Bob Leif
Robert C. Leif, Ph.D.
Email rleif@rleif.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Preben Randhol [mailto:randhol+abuse@pvv.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 12:14 AM
To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org
Subject: Re: Realtime/embedded project to help with employment.

Robert C. Leif wrote:
> Again, there is this utter confusion concerning release of the sources to
> the customers, users, whatever; and charging for one's intellectual
> property. These two subjects should NOT be linked! I still believe that
even
> Karl Marx ever foresaw the workers receiving an absolutely miniscule share
> of the proceeds from the sale of the product.

Why do you keep linking Open Source and Karl Marx?

> Even though my profession (scientist) was started by medieval monks, I am
> against poverty, chastity and obedience.

But are you for that all scientific research should be closed? That one
should not publish the finding so others can also benifit from them and
bringing science a step ahead? Because it sound like it.


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