c) Data obtained with public money is considered non-proprietary.
I have spoken with several people who read about climate scientists seeming to hide or be reluctant to share information collected with public money interpret this as the scientist being evasive or untruthful. They are always surprised when I tell them that project scientist, particularly on large space and earth science projects, usually have proprietary access to the data for some number of years as payment for involvement in support of the project.
c) Data obtained with public money is considered non-proprietary.
I have spoken with several people who read about climate scientists seeming to hide or be reluctant to share information collected with public money interpret this as the scientist being evasive or untruthful. They are always surprised when I tell them that project scientist, particularly on large space and earth science projects, usually have proprietary access to the data for some number of years as payment for involvement in support of the project.