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

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http://news.sciencemag.org/europe/2015/09/scientist-revokes-software-license-protest-immigration-friendly-policies

A German scientist is revoking the license to his bioinformatics software for researchers working in eight European countries because 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.

Treefinder has been used in hundreds of scientific papers to build phylogenetic trees, diagrams showing the most likely evolutionary relationship of various species, from sequence data. Although the change in the license may be a nuisance for some researchers, the program is far from irreplaceable, several scientists tell ScienceInsider. Treefinder had not been updated for several years and it was mostly used by researchers who had grown used to it, they say. Some pointed to a list of possible alternatives online.

"Immigration to my country harms me, it harms my family, it harms my people. Whoever invites or welcomes immigrants to Europe and Germany is my enemy,” Jobb's statement reads. "Immigration unnecessarily defers the collapse of capitalism, its final crisis," the statement also reads.

Jobb had already excluded researchers in the United States from using the software in February. "I want to stress that this license change is not against my colleagues in the USA," he wrote at the time, "but against a small rich elite there that misuses the country's power to rule the world. The USA is our worst enemy.” In another part of the website, Jobb writes that "the scientific system is being misused to promote” the goals of a “small elite” and that "evil old men rule the world."

[SwissTony]

1. Rather strange individual...

From his website...

http://www.treefinder.de/

License change in October 2015:

Starting from 1st October 2015, I do no longer permit the usage of my TREEFINDER software in the following EU countries: Germany, Austria, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Great Britain, Sweden, Denmark - the countries that together host most of the non-european immigrants. For all other countries, the old license agreement remains valid. USA has already been excluded from using Treefinder in February 2015. This is all in accordance with the license agreement stated in the TREEFINDER manual since the earliest versions, which reserves me the right to change the license agreement at any time. I can do this because Treefinder is my own property.

The reason: I am no longer willing to support with my work the political system in Europe and Germany, of which the science system is part. There is no genuine democracy, and I disagree with almost all of the policies. In particular, I disagree with immigration policy. Immigration to my country harms me, it harms my family, it harms my people. Whoever invites or welcomes immigrants to Europe and Germany is my enemy. Immigration is the huge corporations' interest, not peoples' interest. I am not against helping refugees, but they would have to be kept strictly separated from us Europeans, for some limited time only until they return home, and not being integrated here as cheap workers and additional consumers. Immigration unnecessarily defers the collapse of capitalism, its final crisis. The earlier the system crashes, the more damage can be avoided. Possibly a civil war in Europe. Not to mention the loss of our European genetic and cultural heritage.

I have collected many links to background information, including some in English language, here.

License change in February 2015:

Starting from 1st February 2015, I do no longer permit the usage of my TREEFINDER software in the USA. For all other countries, the old license agreement remains valid.

This is in accordance with the license agreement stated in the TREEFINDER manual since the earliest versions, which reserves me the right to change the license agreement at any time.

My reasons:

(1) I want to protest against American imperialism, which I regard as the cause of most of all evil in the world: wars, tyranny, poverty, migration.

(2) I want to protest against EU tyranny, which is mostly the result of US imperialism.

(3) I want to demonstrate my sovereignty, something I would welcome to see much more often in science and politics.

In particular, I dislike that the USA and the EU aggressively promote a way of life that conflicts with my own way of life. I dislike the flood of immigrants they caused to come here - come here to replace unprofitable Europeans like me.

After so many years of hard work on TREEFINDER, I have still not been paid any reward.

I want to stress that this license change is not against my colleagues in the USA, but against a small rich elite there that misuses the country's power to rule the world.

The USA is our worst enemy. I have collected many links to background information, including some in English language, here.

[joeybee12]

2. How sexist...it's not just evil old men...there's evil old Angela Merkel...

A bizarre rant

[Jesus Malverde]

3. "Immigration unnecessarily defers the collapse of capitalism, its final crisis,"

interesting comment

[pampango]

4. I wonder if Trump has room on his staff for this guy. The Donald and the European right have

much in common.

Immigration to my country harms me, it harms my family, it harms my people. Whoever invites or welcomes immigrants to Europe and Germany is my enemy ...

The nativist American right should adopt this slogan. Just change "Europe and Germany" to "America" and you've got a catchy slogan.

[Chan790]

6. Tis true, though I have to point out...

based on his rantings about capitalism and the American 1%, it's likely that he's an extremist nativist leftist.

An odd and rare bird...I wasn't aware any still existed. His opposition to immigration is that it delays the collapse of capitalism and end of the exploitation of the proletariat.

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8. You post on DU and aren't aware of the nativist left? (nt)

[Chan790]

9. True nativist leftists as opposed to pretenders.

I didn't think any of them actually believed it beyond lip-service.

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10. Ah, fair enough (nt)

[Hortensis]

13. He might be a libertarian nativist. Libt personality is probably only about 13%

of the population, but they are very well represented in the Tea Party/Bircher-type movements, which, of course, are are extremely nativist/xenophobic.

"Left" perhaps but NOT to be confused with liberals. Horseradish and apples.

[Marrah_G]

5. I think this guy was born about 100 years to late.

He would have loved Hitler!

[Chan790]

7. He's a militant nativist leftist.

Hitler would have had him killed along with the communists and trade unionists.

[Anansi1171]

11. I guess he's not that profiencent of a programmer, eh?

Otherwise, why not simply code Lebensraum into the software itself?

Or put little swastikas next to every clade, or something?

[Takket]

12. I'm sure all these nations governments

Are rushing to pass anti immigrant legislation right now so we can all get tree finder back.