Should code be released?

Authors:
Dennis McCafferty
Affiliations:
Washington, D.C.
Venue:
Communications of the ACM
Year:
2010

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Abstract

Software code can provide important insights into the results of research, but it's up to individual scientists whether their code is released---and many opt not to.