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chaosperfect t1_ixqh323 wrote

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I was under the impression that that's how it normally works.

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[deleted] t1_ixqhqdn wrote

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chaosperfect t1_ixqifsk wrote

I'm aware of that. But don't academics, historians, archeologists, scientists, astronomers, etc traditionally give everything away for free? It'd be pretty depressing if what motivated the top minds in the world to discover and release new information and breakthroughs was just money.

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subito_lucres t1_ixqj7ur wrote

You are generally correct! Of course there are exceptions. I'm not sure how that all works for historians. For science, you generally release the idea and anyone can use it for research, but also patent it so that people have to pay you if they want to make money off of it.

Source: am academic scientist.

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chaosperfect t1_ixqktu0 wrote

That seems fair. I'm pleased.

Edit: Also, thank you for your service.

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subito_lucres t1_ixqoqgs wrote

Hahaha, no one has ever thanked me for being a scientist. But I appreciate you appreciating it! Sometimes I actually feel guilty for asking for government grants because some of that money comes out of real people's pockets.

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