Open Source Software meets gene expression.
Use of the Open Source Software (OSS) development model has been crucial in a number of recent technological areas, including operating systems, applications and bioinformatics. The rationale for why OSS is often a better development model than proprietary development and some of the results of this model in the field of Gene Expression are reviewed. The paper concludes with a discussion of why funding agencies should endorse OSS and require funded software projects to be released Open Source.
Stewart
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JE
Open Informatics, Albuquerque, NM 87108, USA. jason@openinformatics.com
Mangalam
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Zhou
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D022126:Access to Information; D000465:Algorithms; D019992:Databases as Topic; D005380:Financing, Government; D015870:Gene Expression; D012984:Software / Q000191:economics; D012985:Software Design