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they are writing Linux code, but not releasing it.

they are writing Linux code, but not releasing it.

Posted Jul 26, 2007 20:20 UTC (Thu) by amikins (guest, #451)
In reply to: they are writing Linux code, but not releasing it. by khim
Parent article: Where have the universities gone?

On the contrary; source code is in its essence a set of steps necessary to complete a task.

Can you call any results "reproducible" if you don't have all the steps used to attain the result?

Unless you're publishing or citing a full and -very- well documented algorithm, including the source code is critical for proper science.


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