Lets say a paper is published which describes a data science algorithm, and the paper is made available on arxiv (no patent or anything else mentioned in paper). The paper is by a university researcher, and the algorithm is not something well known.
A. Is it considered ethical to use my own implementation of that algorithm for:
- work/own profit
- own learning (I assume yes)
- Competition (with monetary gain).
B. On doing so, is it correct that it is the right thing to do to cite the paper (lets say I am required to hand over competition code).
Now lets say the author published some code to go along with the paper under an MIT/other open source license on github, and I mess around with it to fit my needs. What if the paper was by a company (like facebook or google, but does not cite any patent or limitation on use of the code/method) Do the same rules apply or are there other considerations?
I guess I have not found a good blog covering this and any surrounding issues I may not be aware of as self-taught professional human running into this for the first time.
