[Retros] Originals on retro list

[Thomas Maeder]

Am 2002.09.27 12:13 schrieb(en) Henrik Eriksson:

> In the scientific world, preprints of papers are often made

> available to the public electronically at http://arxiv.org/.

> Eventually these papers appear in print and that is then

> considered the original publication.


What happens if I publish sucha paper (or a very similar one) to a 
different magazine? In particular, what happens if my original 
publication happens before the original author's?



> There is nothing in

> the Codex to suggest that chess problems should be handled

> differently by publishers.


There is. But that can be changed if enough PCCC members think that it 
should be changed. There are at least three PCCC members on this list 
(last time I checked, anyway), so please tell us

- what's the problem with problems being considered published once they 
have appeared on a WWW site or in a newsgroup or mailing list (or 
should these media be handled differently?)?

- what other definition of "publication" than "bringing to the 
knowledge of the public" (such as the audience of a mailing list) is / 
should be used in your opinion?