Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2001 15:06:56 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: "David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com>, "Rahul Siddharthan" <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> Cc: <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Plagiarism (Was: FreeBSD spokesman) Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20010706150541.00e06e30@localhost> In-Reply-To: <NOEJJDACGOHCKNCOGFOMEEHNCFAA.davids@webmaster.com> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010706093248.04533cf0@localhost>
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At 03:03 PM 7/6/2001, David Schwartz wrote: > Brett, do me a favor. Go ask ten people whose opinions you respect the >following question: > > An author wishes to show how some supporters of a particular position >defend it. So he writes: "Typical ways this position is argued for and >defended are as follows in the examples below" and he lists three brief >(paragraph length) excerpts showing ways the position is defended. He >clearly indicates that he does not agree with these excerpts and that they >are quotations from others. He does not attribute the quotations. Would you >consider this plagiarism? It absolutely is. This wouldn't even get past a competent High School English teacher! See any of the references I cited. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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