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danielskatz / software-vs-data

understanding and documenting the differences between software and data in the context of citation
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Closed rwwh closed 7 years ago

rwwh commented 8 years ago

I suggest to add a statement about source and binary forms of compiled software.

danielskatz commented 8 years ago

Can you add any evidence/citations for this claim?

rwwh commented 8 years ago

Which claim would you need evidence for? Would https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compiler help?

I notice I added a backup file to the pull request.... the wonders of self-thinking GUIs....

danielskatz commented 8 years ago

I was hoping for a citation for "The existence of both source and compiled code must be taken into account in the license, this makes data collection licenses unsuitable for software and software licenses unsuitable for data collections" and another for "Furthermore subtle differences between different compilers (e.g. on two different machines or two different operating systems) can result in subtly different results when the software is run on the same data. This puts strong demands on the description of provenance."

danielskatz commented 7 years ago

I understand your point, but I'm not convinced it fits the document as a difference between software and data. Without some evidence (citation), I'm going to close this.

Also, it's now in conflict with the current document due to another recent change.

If you think I'm missing the point and you can provide evidence for your argument, please start a new PR.

Thanks.