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Yeah, I agree! The research resources should be shared freely.

I quite like the free spirit such as GNU. I think SPM is a pretty good model.

Best,

Chao-Gan


On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 8:03 AM, John Ashburner <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

And the current contact person requires a strict agreement -- have to include as a co-author whenever use the templates. Thus, I am a little hesitate, and try to use some other templates (of sure we will put the author of templates in the section of Acknowledgment). 

I find their attitude about co-authorship a little ridiculous and not in the spirit of the kind of science that deserves government funding.  See, for example, the official NIH position on these matters at:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/data_sharing/data_sharing_brochure.pdf

That brochure states:

When making data available, researchers cannot place limits on questions or methods nor require coauthorship as a condition for receiving data. Proper documentation is needed to ensure that others can use the dataset and to prevent misuse, misinterpretation, or confusion.

Other grant awarding bodies probably have similar views.

Best regards,
-John




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