[Biojava-l] How to share code while protecting copyrights?

[Andreas Prlic]

nicely put :-)

A

On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Pjotr Prins <pjotr.public23 at thebird.nl>wrote:

> Is that idea of getting scooped realistic?
>
> All my code is online, that is my scientific track record, next to my
> papers.
>
> Online OSS code may bring benefits when other people find bugs, or
> even improve things. I don't worry about getting scooped. First it is
> easy to prove it is mine, exactly because it is out in the open, and
> second it takes more than plain old code to get something published in
> a journal.
>
> In the rare case an idea is so sensitive and easy to copy, you can
> publish it with some part missing.
>
> I think too much code sits on planks gathering dust, just because
> people have these worries. It is old school. We are in the business
> of moving science forward - writing beautiful tools. Nothing less.
>
> Pj.
>
> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 11:48:32AM -0700, Andreas Prlic wrote:
> > > Forgive me for being pessimistic, but I do not believe you can
> > > publically distribute your code without running the risk of being
> > > scooped.  Mark's suggestions are very good; however, the safest route
> > > would be to withhold distribution of your code until your work is
> > > published (or at very least accepted).
>



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