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.)

@mike Well, that's fairly horrifying.

@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!)

@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.