[ApplegateRanch]

But Phil Jones, of the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit, yesterday defended his decision not to release the data about temperatures from around the world, saying it was not "standard practice" to do so.

Must be a "standard practice" only in climate "science".

[JoeFromSidney]

Must be a "standard practice" only in climate "science".

I've lost track of how many times I've sent people copies of my data. But then my field isn't climate science.

In real science, reciprocity is the rule. You send people copies of your data, because you expect to get copies of their data.