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As read in this post appeared in the Free Software Office of the University of Granada free software has to reach all public bodies but in those dedicated to research must be a priority. Why?… They give us 10 reasons that I am going to list. |
1. Increase the quality of research resulting, by enabling the spontaneous collaboration (and altruistic)
2. Promotes interdisciplinary collaboration
3. Give back to society what society has invested in the creation of knowledge on our part.
4. Create another channel for disseminating your own research.
5. It makes public and patent to companies and other groups the knowledge and experience of a group
6. It brings science closer to the public , to society, and improves the perception of the university.
7. It creates a community around a group, and increases interest in science.
8. Promotes good practices in software development.
9. Science is not science if it is not reproducible : releasing the software allows anyone to reproduce it.
10. Free software is a vehicle for transmitting knowledge.
Ideally, not only should software be "open source," but scientific research and discoveries should be as well. Otherwise, things like this happen: 20% of human genes have been patented.