Encouraging a wider usage of software derived from research

Mélanie Clément-Fontaine (1) , Roberto Di Cosmo (2, 3, 4) , Bastien Guerry (5) , Patrick Moreau (6) , François Pellegrini (7, 8, 9)

1 UVSQ - Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
2 IRIF (UMR_8243) - Institut de Recherche en Informatique Fondamentale
3 Software Heritage
4 Inria Siège
5 Chercheur indépendant
6 CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
7 LaBRI - Laboratoire Bordelais de Recherche en Informatique
8 TADAAM - Topology-Aware System-Scale Data Management for High-Performance Computing
9 UB - Université de Bordeaux

Software is a hybrid object in the world research as it is equally a driving force (as a tool), a result (as proof of the existence of a solution) and an object of study (as an artefact). This specific status means we need to define strategies, tools and procedures which are adapted to the various issues it raises. These include the citation of contributions to software design and production, the reproducibility of research results involving software and the wider usage and long-term sustainability of the software heritage created. This opportunity note by the Committee for Open Science's Free Software and Open Source Project Group describes the issues at stake and formulates actionable recommendations.

Mots clés: software; open science; valorisation; access; citation; recommendations

Mots clés: logiciel; science ouverte; valorisation; accès; recommandations

Domaines: Langage de programmation [cs.PL]; Génie logiciel [cs.SE]; Sciences de l'information et de la communication

Mélanie Clément-Fontaine, Roberto Di Cosmo, Bastien Guerry, Patrick Moreau, François Pellegrini. Encouraging a wider usage of software derived from research. [Research Report] Comité pour la science ouverte. 2019, 6 p. ⟨hal-02545142⟩