Astrophysics Source Code Library Making scientist software discoverable Alice Allen ASCL, Editor 06/25/15 CUA

Assumptions Software is important in research Research software should be available “… anything less than release of actual source code is an indefensible approach for any scientific results that depend on computation...” Ince, Hatton, & Graham-Cumming, The case for open computer programs, Nature, v. 482, Feb. 23, 2012

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