Dezember 2017 Archiv

Versprenk.

Verheißungen sind billiger und viel wertvoller als Geschenke. Nie gibt man soviel, als wenn man Hoffnungen gibt.

Anatole France: Die Insel der Pinguine

Pledgeneering.

Citation

  • I will make explicit how to cite my software.
  • I will cite the software I used to produce my research results.
  • When reviewing, I will encourage others to cite the software they have used.

Careers

  • I will recognize software contributions in hiring and promotion within my institution, and encourage others in my institution to do the same.

Development and Use

  • I will develop software as open source from the start, whenever possible.
  • I will contribute to sustaining software I use and rely on.
  • I will match proposed software engineering practices to the actual needs and resources of the project.
  • I will help researchers improve the quality of their software without passing judgment.
  • I will publish the intellectual contributions of my research software.
  • I will document (including usage instructions, and input and output examples), package, release, and archive versions of my software.

 

Manifesto from Dagstuhl Perspectives Workshop 16252: Engineering Academic Software (https://doi.org/10.4230/DagMan.6.1.1)

Nöffentlich.

The real threat comes with giant closed cyberspaces that disguise themselves as public spaces. Facebook, for instance. Many of its users think of it as a neutral public space where society comes together, and in fact Facebook often efficiently carries out that role. It is, nevertheless, closed and controlled.

André Staltz: A plan to rescue the Web from the Internet

Pfuiction Models.

“Pfui! One must keep syntax and semantics strictly separated, or the world will fall apart.”

Hans van Ditmarsch, Wiebe van der Hoek & Barteld Kooi: Dynamic Epistemic Logic

Federate or Fool.

Once we know that, perhaps we can create a blind idiot God for the Internet.

Adam Ierymenko: Decentralization: I Want To Believe