After our long software licensing discussion on the biology-in-python list, I realized that I wanted something different in a license for scientific software.
Specifically, I would like to attach the following clause to either a BSD or L/GPL style license:
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This month the newly minted biology-in-python mailing list erupted into a discussion of licenses. There was some confusion about the goal of the discussion, for which I'm largely responsible: we didn't make it clear that we were talking about licenses for code and content posted on the bio.scipy.org …
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In the spirit of cleaning up my desktop... here's a PDF of my talk on Cartwheel at SciPy 2007.
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I'm now listed on the Gene Expression in Disease and Development page, as well as on the CompSci faculty page, MicroMolecularGenetics faculty page, QuantBio page, and SysBio page.
It was quite a shock to log into the CompSci cluster at MSU and see my group set as "faculty". As a …
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So, a few people commented on my how to write Python code that doesn't suck post, and I thought I'd respond here rather than in the comments.
First, John Camara suggests adding the MIT license as an option. I chose the BSD because it's essentially equivalent to the MIT license …
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My last post on this subject got a number of good comments, both here and on the biology-in-python mailing list, so I've amended and updated it. (Note that Brandon King is now listed as a contributor.)
I would particularly appreciate comments on the licensing section and the conclusions. Also, I'll …
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Note: this is ultimately intended for the biology-in-python Wiki at http://bio.scipy.org/. I will release it under a CC license, so please feel free to use it for your own site! --titus
Here are some prescriptions for writing Python code that other Python programmers will find more usable …
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