What if the submission agreement covers the liability of copyright infrongement. Holy cow, that would really be horrible. Will you submit something? Nah.. you won't take the risk.
Also, I doubt whether these U-professors really know whether an old was actually an old idea repackaged. They couldn't possibly knew all old ideas. Seems that it's all about timing. If person A published an article first, he/she might sue anyone who made simliar article afterward. My classmate was acreeditted a PhD (by local authority), but I never quite knew what his thesis was talking about, let alone judging whether it's innovative in the field. > But then again, what do I know...?... Kurt and David B. > are better equipped than I am at this sort of thing. > But then again, as someone else stated, none of us are writing a thesis to become a >Rocket Doctor. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.