From lab to libre software: how can academic software research become open source?

Posted Nov 2, 2017 6:30 UTC (Thu) by einar (guest, #98134)
In reply to: From lab to libre software: how can academic software research become open source? by rgmoore
Parent article: From lab to libre software: how can academic software research become open source?

> One way programmers can become more available is when researchers finally accept the necessity of hiring them.

But at least in my country, academia does *not* pay enough for a programmer to be hired. I get funny stares when I say that if we need someone to do pure programming, we need to pay market rates.