We have been having quite a bit of discussion on what to do with
Aaron's results, given that U.S. West claims that he didn't have
premission to use the machines in question.
Let's try this:
Assume that I am your supervisor, and you come to me and and make your
pitch for permission to put a program on all of the department's
computers. I like it and I tell you go ahead.
Someone else (an auditor? a P.Oed co-worker) comes along, discovers
this program on the computers, escalates a complaint to a "pointy
haired" someone who will listen to the complaint of the improper use of
company resources, and shows you the door for "stealing" the company's
valuable excess CPU cycles.
Did you have permission?
If not:
Did you act in good faith?
Should we throw out your results?
Should we not credit you for your work?
