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Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2001 23:10:09 +0200
From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>
To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
Cc: David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Plagiarism (Was: FreeBSD spokesman)
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Brett Glass said on Jul  6, 2001 at 15:06:56:
> 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.

You can't read, can you?  He didn't ask your opinion: he asked you to
seek the view of ten people whose opinions you respect.  Maybe
there aren't any?

R


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