[Taxacom] Sale: immortal names

[Michael A. Ivie]

Has anyone suggested a blanket prohibition of this?  How would such a 
thing be done?  Patronage of the arts and sciences goes far back, and 
patronyms have often gone to patrons. This is good for a laugh and a 
discussion, but it is going to continue.

Mike

On 7/5/2015 5:22 PM, Dean Pentcheff wrote:
> I work in a museum lab where we did, in fact, auction off naming rights for
> an invertebrate species. The funds received payed for several years of
> work-study funding for a university undergraduate (including writing and
> publishing the species description). That undergraduate ended up taking a
> permanent job in the museum as an assistant collections manager, and spends
> part of his time publishing in invertebrate systematics.
>
> Using this example, please explain the reasoning for a blanket prohibition
> on the sale of nomina honorifica.
>
> -Dean

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