Re:Jupyter, Mathematica, and the Future of the Research Paper
by dahart on Sunday April 15, 2018 @10:35AM
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Thank you for all your hard work!!
Understanding what it took for Jupyter to be where it is, and how much work it took, who pushed for it, and how many people had to work to make it happen, this is important.
You're absolutely right to emphasize that it's not free to build. I worry that promoting a mentality like the author's that open source and free to use is honest, and for-profit is "dishonest" dramatically undervalues and undermines your work as well as the funding model. If we treat Jupyter like it's our right, and not a miracle of funding and hard work, we will make it more difficult for Jupyter to attract help and to succeed.
Understanding what it took for Jupyter to be where it is, and how much work it took, who pushed for it, and how many people had to work to make it happen, this is important.
You're absolutely right to emphasize that it's not free to build. I worry that promoting a mentality like the author's that open source and free to use is honest, and for-profit is "dishonest" dramatically undervalues and undermines your work as well as the funding model. If we treat Jupyter like it's our right, and not a miracle of funding and hard work, we will make it more difficult for Jupyter to attract help and to succeed.