Scientist says researchers in immigrant-friendly nations can't use his software | Science | AAAS

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Summary:

"A German scientist is revoking the license to his bioinformatics software for researchers working in eight European countries because he believes those countries allow too many immigrants to cross their borders. From 1 October, scientists in Germany, Austria, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Denmark—"the countries that together host most of the non-European immigrants“—won't be allowed to use a program called Treefinder, informatician Gangolf Jobb wrote in a statement he posted on his website...."

Link:

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/09/scientist-says-researchers-immigrant-friendly-nations-cant-use-his-software

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Date tagged:

02/17/2019, 15:29

Date published:

02/17/2019, 10:29