Dear OSGeo Discuss List,<div><br></div><div>Because many of you are involved in environmental modeling like me, you may be interested in attending iEMSs in Canada next summer (this is a major biannual environmental modeling and software conference). If you are already attending, or if you are considering attending, would you consider submitting a talk in our open source and software development issues workshop? (See below). We're looking for case studies in going open source - related to environmental modeling...</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks, and Happy New Year!</div><div><br></div><div>- Dan<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:14px;font-weight:bold">“S” is for “Software” – Licensing Issues, Shared Code Development, and Why You Should Consider Going Open Source</span><br clear="all">
<br></div><div>(see this page for details: <a href="http://www.iemss.org/iemss2010/page31.html" target="_blank">http://www.iemss.org/iemss2010/page31.html</a>)</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; "><div onclick="java_script:DivShowHide('W14info');" style="font-weight: bold; cursor: pointer; ">
<img src="http://www.iemss.org/iemss2010/images/arrow_up.jpg" id="arrowW14info" style="cursor: pointer; "> W14. “S” is for “Software” – Licensing Issues, Shared Code Development, and Why You Should Consider Going Open Source</div>
<div id="W14info" class="session_details">Organisers: Daniel P. Ames, Idaho State University (<a href="mailto:dpames@gmail.com" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; ">dpames@gmail.com</a>)<br>
Alex Storey, University of Guelph (<a href="mailto:alex@devmail.com" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; ">alex@devmail.com</a>) <br><br>Repeat after me: “I [state your name] am not going to get rich writing environmental modeling software.” The sooner you and I and the rest of our community accept this truism, the more quickly we can advance our science by breaking down walls of software secrecy – be they intentionally or unintentionally emplaced – and hence fostering collaborations at all phases of modeling software development, testing, and use. Indeed, a new spirit of software “openness” has sprung forth in some of the least likely of places. To wit: Microsoft now sponsors a fast growing open source software development community portal and has released all of its key development languages as free “express editions” – in part to support the development of open source software. This movement definitely follows the long standing scientific tradition of publishing one’s research methods and findings in the open literature; certainly the release of source code is the most fundamental form of publication in the field of environmental modeling and software. <br>
<br>There are many reasons why you may not be participating in the open source movement. For example: discomfort at the thought of other individuals viewing your spaghetti code, lack of a clear understanding of the different licenses available and what they mean, lack of time and energy to manage such an effort, or possibly delusional ideas about the fortune to be made from selling your latest groundwater model optimization code (if this last reason is yours, then be sure to review the opening mantra in this workshop summary). <br>
<br>The purpose of this workshop is to address these issues through presentations and discussion of 1) licensing options and implications, 2) shared code development tools and systems, and 3) shared/open source model software development case studies. Participation is sought from individuals with experience and success stories related to this topic. Also, individuals new to open source software development, or who are afraid that one day their code will be sitting in a doorstop (the final resting place of so much good code long since forgotten in an old worn out computer) are also highly encouraged to join this workshop.</div>
</span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>-- <br>Daniel P. Ames, Ph.D. PE<br>Associate Professor, Geosciences<br>Idaho State University - Idaho Falls<br><a href="mailto:amesdani@isu.edu" target="_blank">amesdani@isu.edu</a><br>
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See you at MapWindow GIS 2010!<br>Orlando, Florida, USA<br>31 March - 2 April 2010<br><a href="http://www.mapwindow.org/conference/2010" target="_blank">http://www.mapwindow.org/conference/2010</a><br><br>Also at:<br>AWRA GIS 2010: <a href="http://www.awra.org/meetings/Florida2010/" target="_blank">http://www.awra.org/meetings/Florida2010/</a><br>
IEMSS 2010: <a href="http://www.iemss.org/iemss2010/" target="_blank">http://www.iemss.org/iemss2010/</a><br>*************************************************************************<br>
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