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Re:Jupyter, Mathematica, and the Future of the Research Paper by recharged96 on Sunday April 15, 2018 @02:42PM (#16844161)
It's not free. Grant money means someone's paid for it (us, taxes). Volunteer is about credit, not fiat, but still costs something (gpl restrictions).

Jupyter is great, it's revolutionized online education for example. But it's not as full featured as Mathematica, and like most Foss projects, slower to fix bugs, aka you get what you pay for. Both have a place unless you have hired, 100% dedicated help on juptyer. This is much like public radio vs corporate. Together they do the market needs.

Re:Jupyter, Mathematica, and the Future of the Research Paper by carreau on Sunday April 15, 2018 @04:15PM (#16844705)
Grant usually differ from US taxes. And AFAICT, Jupyter received no money from govt source.

Jupyter is not GPL but MIT, and volunteering is rarely about credit.

Re:Jupyter, Mathematica, and the Future of the Research Paper by infinite8s on Monday April 16, 2018 @11:07AM (#16849463)
I'm pretty sure some of Fernando's early work on ipython was funded through his NSF grants.