Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Are proprietary software and science compatible?

2016-05-14 Thread A. Mani
On Sat, May 14, 2016 at 12:41 PM, Fabio Pesari wrote: > So, in the end, I don't think science and proprietary software are > compatible at all, and research conducted through proprietary software > should be considered unreliable. > > For this reason, I think proprietary

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Are proprietary software and science compatible?

2016-05-14 Thread Mike Gerwitz
On Sat, May 14, 2016 at 09:11:11 +0200, Fabio Pesari wrote: > Some scientists go to great lengths to make sure their experiments are > reproducible and can be peer reviewed, but then often use proprietary > programs to achieve their results. On that note, this article discusses issues related to

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Are proprietary software and science compatible?

2016-05-14 Thread Mihai-Stanislav Jalobeanu
Well pointed! I really like your argumentations. 2016-05-14 10:11 GMT+03:00 Fabio Pesari : > Some scientists go to great lengths to make sure their experiments are > reproducible and can be peer reviewed, but then often use proprietary > programs to achieve their results. > > It

[libreplanet-discuss] Are proprietary software and science compatible?

2016-05-14 Thread Fabio Pesari
Some scientists go to great lengths to make sure their experiments are reproducible and can be peer reviewed, but then often use proprietary programs to achieve their results. It seems a bit contradictory to me. For starters, the proprietary programs themselves aren't peer reviewable, so the