> On 30. Aug 2017, at 03:12, Valorie Zimmerman <valorie.zimmer...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 4:34 PM, Thomas Pfeiffer > <thomas.pfeif...@kde.org> wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> here is my proposal for a Big Hairy Audacious Goal: >> Making KDE software the #1 choice for science and academia >> >> I think that here is a lot of yet-untapped potential for the usage of KDE >> products in the research and academic sector, and we should fix that, for >> their >> sake and ours. >> >> See all the details here: https://phabricator.kde.org/T6895 >> >> Feedback and contributions very welcome! >> Cheers, >> Thomas > > Very cool idea, Thomas.
Thanks! > I think Wikitolearn is a natural part of KDE > leadership here, Yes, absolutely! Of course I had WtL in mind as well when developing the idea, but then totally forgot to add it to the proposal. Shame on me. I’ve fixed that now. > and we could perhaps partner with > http://openscience.org/ - some of whom got their beginning in KDE. In > addition, while searching for Open Science, I saw https://osf.io/, > which is Open Science Framework: A scholarly commons to connect the > entire research cycle. I can't tell if they have an FOSS connections > or not, but that orientation to openness and sharing is built into the > scientific process and the academy. > They have “Free and open source” written on their front page, so they’ve at least heard of the concept ;) Open Science in general does not necessarily have to include FOSS, but for anyone who takes it seriously, it kinda does, because sharing your data and step-by-step process while still using software that does things you cannot check partially defeats the purpose of the whole endeavor.
