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A review paper describing how git can be used to improve reproducibility in science
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Software license review ref #4

Open yoavram opened 11 years ago

yoavram commented 11 years ago

I'm not sure if this fits, but (Morin and Urban 2012) is a very good review of software licenses for scientists. It might fit in the 2nd paragraph of the Introduction or in Use Cases: 8. Lowering barriers to reuse.

Morin A, Urban J, Sliz P (2012) A Quick Guide to Software Licensing for the Scientist-Programmer. PLoS Computational Biology 8: e1002598. Available:http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002598

karthik commented 11 years ago

Thanks Yoav. I cited it but still wondering if I am making good sense by bringing in the open science argument. Carl correctly points out that git can exist without open science (no one needs to share) but it can certainly enhance it. And one cannot really use any of this unless there is a licence that permits remixing and reuse.

So it might just be that I need to clearly make that connection rather than assume the reader will.