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Andrew Morin, Jennifer Urban, Piotr Sliz, Fran Lewitter
Source code is the human readable form of a computer programming language. “Open source” refers to licenses that require the source code be available to users, and that users be able to reuse, modify, and distribute the code . Without access to source code, researchers cannot effectively inspect, understand, or…
Mark Fingerhuth, Tomáš Babej, Peter Wittek, Leonie Anna Mueck
Open source software is becoming crucial in the design and testing of quantum algorithms. Many of the tools are backed by major commercial vendors with the goal to make it easier to develop quantum software: this mirrors how well-funded open machine learning frameworks enabled the development of complex models and…
Raphael Sonabend, Hugo Gruson, Leo Wolansky, Agnes Kiragga + 2 more
'Daniel S. Katz' 'Jason A. Papin'] This paper extends the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) guidelines to provide criteria for assessing if software conforms to best practices in open source. By adding “USE” (User-Centered, Sustainable, Equitable), software development can adhere to open source best…
Eric Deibel
The introduction of open source in the life sciences is increasingly being suggested as an alternative to patenting. This is an alternative, however, that takes its shape at the intersection of the life sciences and informatics. Numerous examples can be identified wherein open source in the life sciences refers to…
Andreas Prlić, James B. Procter
Open-source software development has had significant impact, not only on society, but also on scientific research. Papers describing software published as open source are amongst the most widely cited publications (e.g., BLAST , and Clustal-W ), suggesting many scientific studies may not have been possible without some…
Christine Årdal, Annette Alstadsæter, John-Arne Røttingen
Background Innovation through an open source model has proven to be successful for software development. This success has led many to speculate if open source can be applied to other industries with similar success. We attempt to provide an understanding of open source software development characteristics for…
Rui Li, Vaibhav Sharma, Subasini Thangamani, Artur Yakimovich
Open-source research software has proven indispensable in modern biomedical image analysis. A multitude of open-source platforms drive image analysis pipelines and help disseminate novel analytical approaches and algorithms. Recent advances in machine learning allow for unprecedented improvement in these approaches.…
Clark D. Asay
The software industry's history is also its future. Its history has been defined by both abundance and scarcity, and its future will be, too. In the 1970s and 80s, perceived software scarcity led U.S. legislators to formally grant intellectual property protections to software creators. Later, a different kind of…
Rita Kukafka, Neil Chue Hong, Simon Hettrick, Ye Ye + 21 more
Background The National Cancer Institute Informatics Technology for Cancer Research (ITCR) program provides a series of funding mechanisms to create an ecosystem of open-source software (OSS) that serves the needs of cancer research. As the ITCR ecosystem substantially grows, it faces the challenge of the long-term…
Tadeusz Chełkowski, Dariusz Jemielniak, Kacper Macikowski, Sergi Lozano
'Sergi Lozano'] As Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) increases in importance and use by global corporations, understanding the dynamics of its communities becomes critical. This paper measures up to 21 years of activities in 1314 individual projects and 1.4 billion lines of code managed. After analyzing the FOSS…
Matthew H Todd
Scientific data are being generated and shared at ever-increasing rates. Two new mechanisms for doing this have developed: open access publishing and open source research. We discuss both, with recent examples, highlighting the differences between the two, and the strengths of both.
Chris Macek, Brad Cunningham, Nicolas Boillot
Global health has been historically committed to adopting open-source software in health applications globally. This is due to a well-intentioned commitment to capacity-building and the belief that open-source systems enable in-country capacity to take over technology implementations without being locked into specific…
Gregor Hagedorn, Daniel Mietchen, Robert A. Morris, Donat Agosti + 3 more
'Lyubomir Penev' 'Walter G. Berendsohn' 'Donald Hobern'] AbstractThe Creative Commons (CC) licenses are a suite of copyright-based licenses defining terms for the distribution and re-use of creative works. CC provides licenses for different use cases and includes open content licenses such as the Attribution license…