[BioPython] Code publications

[Chris Fields]

This is a question that could be posed for any open-source project.

It differs per person in my opinion.  For instance, I donate time and  
code to BioPerl based on several factors.  Not reinventing the wheel,  
giving back to the community, access to the code base, and the joy of  
programming (believe it or not) are among them, but they aren't the  
only ones.

Publications don't hurt but they aren't my primary motivation.  It  
generally isn't the focus of my research, only a means to an end (to  
parse or generate data).  I don't see anything wrong with it being  
someone else's primary drive to donate as long as they continue  
support their code post-publication, an issue that unfortunately pops  
up quite frequently.

chris

On Oct 10, 2007, at 7:20 AM, Fernando wrote:

> Hi everybody,
>
> This might be off-topic, or maybe not:
>
> I've been working with biopython for a while and I am curious about  
> what the
> authors get from all the exceptional work they are doing... I know  
> it won't
> have to do anything with money, but in terms of publication /  
> copyrihts etc,
> what are the adventages of having your code in biopython? Is there  
> a journey
> / conference where the author publish their works and likewise they  
> can be
> referenced or something like that?
>
> Thanks,
> Fernando
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Christopher Fields
Postdoctoral Researcher
Lab of Dr. Robert Switzer
Dept of Biochemistry
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign