mizukami writes: "Salon.com is running a story about universities moving to profit from code they've developed, rather than release it into the public domain as has been the norm in the past. The story gives the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980 as a leading cause."
Exploit students as cheap labor and get away it!
by
gpinzone
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· Score: 5, Funny
Most kids struggle just to afford college. Tuition rates at most
private and even many public universities are astronomical. Many students
need to get a part-time job just to make ends meet. If these institutions
of higher learning want to make a profit off their students' coding efforts,
that's fine with me. Just as long as they send those students their
royalty checks when the software those students developed starts making
money. Hey, this will be a great way to beef up the PHD. program!
Get paid while you learn! Granted, you won't make as much as you could in
the "real world," but it's a safe alternative considering the dot-com
bust. And hey, if the software doesn't sell, the student's don't get
paid. Seems fair, right?
I've got the funny feeling universities aren't going to be so "forward
thinking."
They better not...
by
spatrick_123
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· Score: 3, Funny
If those bastards sell my "Hello, World" code from Intro to CompSci I'll sue them for everything they're worth!
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Most kids struggle just to afford college. Tuition rates at most private and even many public universities are astronomical. Many students need to get a part-time job just to make ends meet. If these institutions of higher learning want to make a profit off their students' coding efforts, that's fine with me. Just as long as they send those students their royalty checks when the software those students developed starts making money. Hey, this will be a great way to beef up the PHD. program! Get paid while you learn! Granted, you won't make as much as you could in the "real world," but it's a safe alternative considering the dot-com bust. And hey, if the software doesn't sell, the student's don't get paid. Seems fair, right?
I've got the funny feeling universities aren't going to be so "forward thinking."
If those bastards sell my "Hello, World" code from Intro to CompSci I'll sue them for everything they're worth!