Comment by bluGill
4 years ago
I'm trying to figure out how to do that. How can I get my degree changed? Will the university of (anyplace) look at my transcript and let me say I have a degree from them without much effort? I learned a lot, and I generally think my degree is about as good as any other university. (though who knows what has changed since then)
I'm glad I never contributed again as an alumni...
If it would be my univ, I'd send a personal email to the dean. https://cse.umn.edu/college/office-dean#:~:text=Dean%20Mosta....
If enough grads do that, I would expect the university will do something about it, and that would send a message. It's about where the money comes from in the end; (tuition, grants, research partnerships etc) IMO none of these sources would be very happy about what might amount to defacement of public property and waste of the time of people that are working for the good of mankind by providing free tools(bicycle of the mind) to future generations.
There is no novelty in this research; bad actors have been trying to introduce bad patches for as long as open source has been open.
That's my univ, and I just did exactly that. Mos Kaveh happened to be head of the EE department when I was there for EE. He's a good guy and had a good way of managing stressed-out upper-division honors EE students, so I'm hopeful that he will take action on this.