I'm in astrophysics and arXiv is there just for that. Why don't others do that?
Jim On Tuesday, 5 June 2012, Attila Kinali wrote: > On Tue, 05 Jun 2012 00:26:56 -0700 > Hal Murray <hmur...@megapathdsl.net <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > The IEEE is particularly behind the times. I assume it's left over from > when > > they could get away with it because they only had to jack up the price of > > printed stuff by a small amount. Some of this may trace back to their > > standards work where they could get away with high prices. > > Actually they are getting worse. IEEEs Computer Society started to send > out yearly reminders that it's not ok to share documents you legaly > acuired with your coworkers and friends. Telling them a few times that > this is in contradiction to local law, which explicitly allows me to do > that didn't change anything... That and also the wording that strongly > suggests that anyone who is subscribed to the CDL is a thief ("illegaly" > copying files and sharing them with the world) led me to the decision > to cancel my subscription. > > > Attila Kinali > -- > It is upon moral qualities that a society is ultimately founded. All > the prosperity and technological sophistication in the world is of no > use without that foundation. > -- Miss Matheson, The Diamond Age, Neil Stephenson > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com <javascript:;> > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.