The Importance of Free and Open Source Software and Open Standards in Modern Scientific Publishing
Abstract
:1. The State of Scientific Publishing
2. What Does Free and Open Source Mean?
3. The Benefits of FOSS and the OpenDocument Format
Word processing package | Native file formats | Operating system availability | Software license | Latest stable release | Cost | Obtainable from | Compatible with MS Word .doc format * |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
LibreOffice (Suite) | ODF | Linux, Mac OS X and Windows. Source code available for other platforms | LGPLv3 | 4.0.3 (2013-05-09) | Free | The Doucment Foundation (www.libreoffice.org) | Yes |
Apache OpenOffice (Suite) | ODF | Linux, Mac OS X and Windows. Source code available for other platforms | Apache License v 2.0 and LGPLv3 (legacy versions) | 3.4.1 (2012-08-23) | Free | Apache Software Foundation (www.apache.org) | Yes |
NeoOffice (Suite) | ODF | Mac OS X | GPL | 3.3 (2012-08-22) | Free (previous versions); latest version is donation-ware | NeoOffice (www.neooffice.org) | Yes |
LaTeX (Application) | TEX | Linux (TeX Live), Mac OS X (MacTex) and Windows (proTeXt). Source code available for other platforms | LPPL | (2011-06-27) | Free | LaTeX (www.latex-project.org) | No |
AbiWord (Application) | ABW | Linux and Windows. Source code available for other platforms | GPL | 2.8.6 (2010-06-13) | Free | AbiWord (www.abisource.com) | Yes |
Caligra | ODF | Linux and Windows. Source code available for other platforms | GPL, LGPL | 2.6.2 (2013-03-13) | Free | Calligra (www.calligra.org) | Yes |
Graphic package | File format | Operating system availability | Software license | Latest stable release | Cost | Obtainable from |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R Statistical Environment | Reads .Rdata; SPSS, Stata, Excel and CSV. Exports to open image file formats for graphics | Linux, BSD, Mac OS X and Windows. Source code available for other platforms | GPL | 3.0.1 (2013-05-16) | Free | R Project for Statistical Computing (www.r-project.org) |
Gnuplot | Allows export of SVG drawings | Linux, BSD, Mac OS X and Windows. Source code available for other platforms | Permissively licensed | 4.6.3 (2013-04-18) | Free | Gnuplot Homepage (www.guplot.info) |
Gretl (Gnu Regression, Econometrics and Time-series Library) | ASCII, CSV, databank, EViews, Excel, Gnumeric, GNU Octave, JMulTi, ODF Spreadsheet, PcGive, RATS 4, SAS xport, SPSS, and Stata files. It can export to GNU Octave, R, Comma Separated Values, JMulTi, and PcGive file formats. | Linux, BSD, Mac OS X and Windows. Source code available for other platforms | GPLv3 | 1.9.12 (2013-03-15) | Free | Gretl Homepage (www.gretl.sourceforge.net) |
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgements
Conflict of Interest
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Wilson, M.L.; Tchantchaleishvili, V. The Importance of Free and Open Source Software and Open Standards in Modern Scientific Publishing. Publications 2013, 1, 49-55. https://doi.org/10.3390/publications1020049
Wilson ML, Tchantchaleishvili V. The Importance of Free and Open Source Software and Open Standards in Modern Scientific Publishing. Publications. 2013; 1(2):49-55. https://doi.org/10.3390/publications1020049
Chicago/Turabian StyleWilson, Michael L., and Vakhtang Tchantchaleishvili. 2013. "The Importance of Free and Open Source Software and Open Standards in Modern Scientific Publishing" Publications 1, no. 2: 49-55. https://doi.org/10.3390/publications1020049
APA StyleWilson, M. L., & Tchantchaleishvili, V. (2013). The Importance of Free and Open Source Software and Open Standards in Modern Scientific Publishing. Publications, 1(2), 49-55. https://doi.org/10.3390/publications1020049