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Re: Paper by Bill and Merri Carter
From: George Huxtable
Date: 2010 Nov 25, 20:47 -0000
From: George Huxtable
Date: 2010 Nov 25, 20:47 -0000
It was clever of Andres to locate a web version of that paper. This took the original copy of the printed paper, from Journal of Navigation, complete with its Cambridge University Press copyright tag, and reissued it as a publicly available report from Flagstaff Observatory where one of the father-and-daughter authors is employed. Whether Flagstaff were legally entitled to do so depends on any transfer-of copyright agreement that has been made with CUP. That hardly concerns us, and Frank would be wise to take advantage of any resulting ambiguity to presume that the website version is now in the public domain. Frank wrote- "Those of you who paid money for the article, you may want to request a refund. Since the project appears to have been funded under US government grant money, it's likely that you should have been able to acquire it at no cost. Don't quote me on it --just something worth looking into." Those words are absurdly over-the-top, and can hardly have been intended to be taken seriously. ================= Now that the paper is available to all members, it may be interesting to get some reactions, to see how they compare with my own. My reading of it resulted in a list of 14 questions to Bill Carter, of which four, or so, could be immediately settled by agreement. That leaves 10 or so which remain in some contention, after quite a bit of civilised correspondence between us. I haven't decided whether or not to send a response to Journal of Navigation. If I do, any relevant reaction from Navlist members could well be helpful. George. contact George Huxtable, at george{at}hux.me.uk or at +44 1865 820222 (from UK, 01865 820222) or at 1 Sandy Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, Oxon OX13 5HX, UK. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andres Ruiz"To: Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2010 12:32 PM Subject: [NavList] Re: Paper by Bill and Merri Carter http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA528454&Location=U2&doc=GetTRD oc.pdf ________________________________ De: navlist-bounce@fer3.com [mailto:navlist-bounce@fer3.com] En nombre de Frank Reed Enviado el: jueves, 25 de noviembre de 2010 13:09 Para: NavList@fer3.com Asunto: [NavList] Re: Paper by Bill and Merri Carter There's a copyright tag on it. Did you get it from a source that is legitimately outside copyright? No issue for your email to NavList as far as I know --but I need to make sure for the archive. If it's under copyright for certain, I have to delete the archive copy. -FER ---------------------------------------------------------------- NavList message boards and member settings: www.fer3.com/NavList Members may optionally receive posts by email. To cancel email delivery, send a message to NoMail[at]fer3.com ----------------------------------------------------------------