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A scientific basis for Open Source SoftwareA scientific basis for Open Source SoftwarePosted May 21, 2012 18:10 UTC (Mon) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313)In reply to: A scientific basis for Open Source Software by deater Parent article: A scientific basis for Open Source Software
by two years after the paper is published, the people are on to different projects and generally not very interested in working on something they 'finished' two years ago for no additional money or credit.
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A scientific basis for Open Source Software Posted May 21, 2012 20:05 UTC (Mon) by daglwn (subscriber, #65432) [Link]
And that's exactly the problem. We must require source code with all publications. The purpose of publications is to expand knowledge. The whole reason we have references is so that others may look at our work and build upon it. Withholding source is completely contrary to the hole purpose of publication.
Except that most research groups don't see publications that they. Publications are one of two things: a way to graduate or a way to obtain tenure. That's a very different set of goals with a very different values and activities motivated by it. Reproducibility is not among them.
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