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Published June 3, 2022 | Version v1
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10 Simple Rules for Funding Scientific Open Source Software

  • 1. Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
  • 2. Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Scientific research increasingly relies on open source software. Funding open source software development requires intentional focus on issues of scholarly credit, unique forms of labor, maintenance, governance, and inclusive community-building. Such issues cut across different scientific disciplines which makes them of interest to a variety of funders and institutions, but may present challenges in understanding generalized needs. Here we present ten simple rules for investing in scientific open source software and the teams who build and maintain it.

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