Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2001 10:25:33 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Plagiarism (Was: FreeBSD spokesman) Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20010706101510.045efb60@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20010706175036.O99228@lpt.ens.fr> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010706093248.04533cf0@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20010705125211.04638740@localhost> <20010705224626.O47721@lpt.ens.fr> <4.3.2.7.2.20010705163434.04524b00@localhost> <20010706103808.A99228@lpt.ens.fr> <20010706151421.I99228@lpt.ens.fr> <4.3.2.7.2.20010706071808.04536ef0@localhost> <20010706170429.M99228@lpt.ens.fr> <4.3.2.7.2.20010706090739.045bc340@localhost> <20010706173117.N99228@lpt.ens.fr> <4.3.2.7.2.20010706093248.04533cf0@localhost>
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At 09:50 AM 7/6/2001, Rahul Siddharthan wrote: >Most newspapers and magazines that I'm aware of do appear in print. >That does not make them technical journals. Non sequitur. >So here it is: > plagiarize > [etymology etc skipped] > transitive senses : to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of > another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting > the source > intransitive senses : to commit literary theft : present as new and > original an idea or product derived from an existing source > >I fail to see how it supports your position any better than the >Webster print version. Simple. The second transitive sense is EXACTLY what Greg did. The most telling point, however -- and one which brings this tangent home to the original topics of BSD advocacy and the culture of BSD -- is that failing to give credit is contrary to the BSD philosophy. BSD has deep roots in academia, and therefore the standard for attribution in the BSD world has always been that of academia: Use my work, but give credit where credit is due. One of the most fundamental principles of BSD and of the BSD License is that one should (and, in the case of BSD-licensed works, MUST) give others credit for what they produce. By failing to properly attribute my words, Greg did more than plagiarize me: he violated one of the bedrock principles of BSD. This does not bode well for him as a spokesman. --Brett Glass To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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