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Re:UMN CS&E Statement on Linux Kernel Research by zxspectrum1982 on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @06:18PM (#26896147)
From my reading of the threads in the kernel mailing lists, it seems the IRB thought "is it bioscience with experimentation on live animals? No? Then it's all fine".
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Re:UMN CS&E Statement on Linux Kernel Research by seoaeu on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @06:34PM (#26896284)
Yeah, especially considering that the IRB said the research was out of scope (specifically that it was not "human subject research") rather than indicating that it was ethical. Kind of like the distinction between a court not having jurisdiction and a court declaring you didn't break any laws.
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Re:UMN CS&E Statement on Linux Kernel Research by ellisv on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @06:32PM (#26896269)
I participated in IRB for a UMN campus and that’s pretty much how these things worked back then.
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