> On Wed, 9 Jul 1997, kevin mccartney wrote (amongst other things):
>
> > To MUSEUM-L subscribers:  I'd like to see some discussion ... Bob Fink in his message implies that there really was a Neanderthal
> > flute but that that information cannot be disseminated through the
> > reviewed literature.  Mr. Fink should offer greater substantiation
> > before asking us to subsidize the publication and distribution of this
> > information.

If this comment is actually about the likelyhood that journals, etc.,
will not likely publish something that has already put on the Web - on
NPR the other morning was a discussion about a maj. midwest. univ.
getting a hefty grant to get all their theses and dissertations put on
the Web so that info, normally avail. only through the printed document,
would actually be available to "the world".  Since then, many prof.
journals have refused to print articles incorporating this material (or
parts of it) since it already has been made public. The Univ. has
reversed their policy requiring these to be put on the Web.  Apparently
some of their science research data had been used by others to get a
competitive edge to the detriment of the original researchers.  It
didn't say if they had to return the grant, but it definitely asserted
the accuracy of the original post saying that journals won't carry the
info after the fact of Web inclusion.
Linn