Hi All, Indeed strong words, published in Nature where you need to pay $32 to read what we all know already.
Regards, Oz On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 8:00 AM, Andreas Tille <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > you might like to read: > > The case for open computer programs > Darrel C. Ince, Leslie Hatton & John Graham-Cumming > > Scientific communication relies on evidence that cannot be entirely > included in publications, but the rise of computational science has > added a new layer of inaccessibility. Although it is now accepted that > data should be made available on request, the current regulations > regarding the availability of software are inconsistent. We argue that, > with some exceptions, anything less than the release of source programs > is intolerable for results that depend on computation. The vagaries of > hardware, software and natural language will always ensure that exact > reproducibility remains uncertain, but withholding code increases the > chances that efforts to reproduce results will fail. > > http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v482/n7386/full/nature10836.html > > > Kind regards > > Andreas. > > -- > http://fam-tille.de > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cadkmuwm_ijlk15dlak142u8si2fpqe4ptrx6oumutzthkr7...@mail.gmail.com
