Timeline for Permission to use Online Notes
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| Mar 30, 2020 at 15:49 | comment | added | LSpice |
I'm amused by the idea that I imagine between the lines of after-the-fact blame reports. "We found an error in our paper ${blah}, due to the fact that we used wrong results of ${so-and-so}. However, we asked ${so-and-so} for permission before using those results. Please apportion blame appropriately."
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| Jan 5, 2012 at 20:06 | comment | added | Vitali Kapovitch | @Gerhard: In such a situation the "egg is on your faces" either way. If you use unrefereed material posted online in research you are ultimately responsible for any mistakes it might contain. Asking or not asking for permission changes nothing in this regard in my opinion. It certainly doesn't hurt to ask for updated version but as I said you are under no obligation to do so unless the author of the notes specifically restricts their usage. | |
| Jan 5, 2012 at 19:48 | comment | added | Gerhard Paseman | I imagine the situation where you and a student derive results based on such work, present it, and then find out they were wrong because of some key flaws in the material you used without permission. In that case, the egg should be all on your faces. If you instead communicate with the author, you might learn of a better version of the material you want to use, or a notice of problems, etc. So Vitali, I think there is a reason to ask for permission, as it leads to other (in my view) right and responsible and rewarding behaviour. Gerhard "Ask Me About System Design" Paseman , 2012.01.05 | |
| Jan 5, 2012 at 19:14 | comment | added | Vitali Kapovitch | I disagree. If people want to restrict the usage of their notes posted online they can (and do) mention that explicitly. If no restrictions are specified then there is no reason to ask for permission. | |
| Jan 5, 2012 at 18:42 | comment | added | Gerhard Paseman | I won't answer whether it is customary. I think the custom should be to ask permission, and that your question should be "What is the right thing to do?". Gerhard "Ask Me About System Design" Paseman, 2012.01.05 | |
| Jan 5, 2012 at 18:38 | comment | added | Gerhard Paseman | Further, if you don't get permission, all the risk you take in using the notes is your own responsibility. With permission, the credit and blame can be doled out more appropriately. Gerhard "Ask Me About System Design" Paseman, 2012.01.05 | |
| Jan 5, 2012 at 18:35 | history | answered | Gerhard Paseman | CC BY-SA 3.0 |