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Re:A new replication crisis: Research that is less likely to... by astrange on Saturday May 22, 2021 @04:00AM (#27244510)
That isn't possible if you're using commercially licensed source from other people, drivers for scientific instruments, lacking copyright assignment for some of it, etc. Same reason many commercial projects can't be open sourced even if the company wanted to.
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Re:A new replication crisis: Research that is less likely to... by enriquto on Saturday May 22, 2021 @06:17AM (#27245166)
So people who used proprietary software will not be able to publish. Sounds like a win-win to me!
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Re:A new replication crisis: Research that is less likely to... by astrange on Saturday May 22, 2021 @06:41AM (#27245263)
Your definition of free software is more restrictive than the FSF’s.
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Re:A new replication crisis: Research that is less likely to... by enriquto on Saturday May 22, 2021 @07:26AM (#27245491)
of course i was simplifying... but it seems obvious to me that enforcing automatic reproducibility in peer reviewed publications can only be a good thing in the long run
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