Unacceptable and unreasonable behavior on the part of the prof. 1. He should have turned over his results to the university without a deal. 2. He shouldn't have canceled the midterm. 3. In the alternative, he should have been flexible on the retake schedule. If I was a student, I would have appealed to the dean or the university senate, I have before.

This reminds me of Rick Sutcliffe's Modula-2 site where he claims a viewing price on a publicly viewable website. http://www.arjay.bc.ca/Modula-2/Text/index.html