**Mike Taylor 🦕** @mike@sauropods.win · Nov 16, 2024, 15:11 *

**Mike Taylor 🦕** @mike@sauropods.win · Nov 16, 2024, 15:11 *

Mike Taylor 🦕 @mike@sauropods.win

Nov 16, 2024, 15:11 *

In which it is clearly demonstrated once again that Elsevier are MUCH more concerned with the payment of Intellectual Property taxes than they are in the advancement of science: https://retractionwatch.com/2024/11/08/complaint-from-engineering-software-company-prompts-two-retractions/

(Summary: they retracted two papers whose findings are not in any way under dispute, because pirated software was used.)

**Daniel Dvorkin** @medigoth@qoto.org · Nov 16, 2024, 15:26

**Daniel Dvorkin** @medigoth@qoto.org · Nov 16, 2024, 15:26

Nov 16, 2024, 15:26

Daniel Dvorkin @medigoth@qoto.org

@mike Well, that's fairly horrifying.

**Mike Taylor 🦕** @mike@sauropods.win · Nov 16, 2024, 15:34

**Mike Taylor 🦕** @mike@sauropods.win · Nov 16, 2024, 15:34

Nov 16, 2024, 15:34

Mike Taylor 🦕 @mike@sauropods.win

@medigoth Isn't it just? Let's hope no-one tells them about all the pirated copies of PhotoShop, MS-Word, etc.!

(I'm fine; I use GIMP and LibreOffice. Take that, Elsevier!)

**Daniel Dvorkin** @medigoth@qoto.org · 2024-11-16T15:37:57Z

Daniel Dvorkin @medigoth@qoto.org

@mike By using open source office software, you're actually stealing potential revenue from Microsoft, so sorry, we're going to have to pull your paper.