Scientists No Longer Sharing Information?

Posted by michael on Sunday January 27, 2002 @10:03AM from the open-and-shut-case dept.

chill writes: "A little while back there was an item here on Slashdot about the debate over public funded research and whether or not it should be required to be "open". Well, here is some ammunition to one side of the debate. It seem there is an article in the Chicago Tribune about the increasing unwillingness of genetic researchers to share supporting information with colleagues. The study is from the Journal of the American Medical Association for those who want more than the second-hand summary of the Trib."

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Big Coorperation by daserver · 2002-01-27 10:15 · Score: 0, Redundant

I really do not hope science as a whole will share the same faith as a lot of software development has. Support free software before it's too late.
If I pay for it, I should get the results by cabalamat2 · 2002-01-27 11:44 · Score: 0, Redundant

If my taxes pay for science, I should be entitled to the results of the research, and if the scientists won't disclose it, they should be forced to hand back all public money that went into their research and all the research they used in making their discoveries.