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   SciRuby: More Women Needed in Open Source Science Software(sciruby.com)

   1 points by mohawkjohn 13y ago|0 comments
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   by mohawkjohn 15y ago

   This made my day.
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   by mohawkjohn 15y ago

   So this is one problem with using an MIT license for SciRuby. Our distribution gem -- well, technically, Claudio's distribution gem, but used by SciRuby -- has some Ruby code in it derived from C code in the GNU Scientific Library. Being a
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   by mohawkjohn 15y ago

   The main reason we initially chose GPL, I think, was because while we had strong respect and appreciation for the MIT-license-like Ruby culture, we were more concerned about the science culture. In other words, what could we do to provide a
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   by mohawkjohn 15y ago

   SciRuby "were?" We rebooted the project a few months ago. Making some progress. sciruby-dev at googlegroups dot com, and #sciruby on IRC.
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   by mohawkjohn 15y ago

   Noah -- I'd love to get your thoughts on how to make it easier to include people in our project. Would you be willing to send me an email? john dot woods at marcottelab dot org.
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   by mohawkjohn 15y ago

   Could you go into more detail? Since we haven't released yet, we might still switch. But I haven't heard a lot of compelling reasons for doing BSD instead.