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[–] bedrooms@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

There's the horror of scientific software written by researchers I'll share here. ~~They are fired~~ The contract expires every 2 years and users keep using the code if it's successful. Some projects are closed source, even...