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Re: ImageJ Plugins shop

Posted by Joel Sheffield on Apr 07, 2017; 5:05pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/ImageJ-Plugins-shop-tp5018455p5018467.html

Hi,

I feel strongly that one of the things that make ImageJ such a marvel in
the current scientific environment is that it is indeed open source.  In
some ways, it represents the ideal of the science in which I grew up, when
research was to be shared, and not necessarily monitized.  This does not
mean that significant efforts, such as those of Wayne and Curtis and the
many colleagues throughout the world should remain anonymous, though.
There are many plugins available that request an acknowledgement when they
are used for publication, and I see no reason that this could not be
expanded.



Joel B. Sheffield, Ph.D
Department of Biology
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA 19122
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On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 10:51 AM, Matthew Jones <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Firstly, I side strongly with the previous arguments that keeping ImageJ
> related code completely free and open source is ultimately the best way to
> ensure high quality science and unhibited collaboration.
>
> However, I do also see big potential for building on existing frameworks
> for supporting longevitiy, visibility and reusability of tools and
> resources generated by graduate students and other researchers and lab
> members.
>
> I hope you will be able to go back to the drawing board and perhaps
> reinvent your project so that it robustly preserves the open source ethos
> that makes ImageJ and FIJI so powerful, whilst considering ways that you
> can support tool builders work to be maintained and built upon.
>
> It would be interesting to consider a ‘Donate if you found this useful’
> portal, a feedback/rating system with comments and user-generated tips, a
> search engine for plugins and also possibly a ‘sponsor a developer’ system
> which could be along the lines of Patreon.com <http://patreon.com/> where
> people typically crowd-fund poets/comedians/artists/musicians/podcasters
> etc. who produce excellent content and art in an ongoing manner but
> struggle to reach a disparate internet audience who are fans of their work
> but lack convenient, flexible ways to support their work financially.
>
> Thanks for the enthusiasm and I hope you’re not put off contributing to
> the community but please keep things free and open source,
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Matt
>
> > On 7 Apr 2017, at 06:10, Adrián Villalba <[hidden email]> wrote:
> >
> > Dear all,
> >
> > The main advantage that FIJI represents for me is the availability. I can
> > use an open-source platform to learn image processing for biological
> > research, and to use and re-use the work of other colleagues around the
> > word. My only paiment is to work and to extend ImageJ (by plugins and
> > macros) and to free share to the rest of the community.
> >
> > I think this is the best choice to make scientific research bigger and
> > greater.
> >
> > I am sorry Pushkar, but i think your trial of imagej shop has born by a
> > missunderstanding of scientific collaboration. We are scientists not
> > business programmers.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> > 2017-04-07 9:59 GMT+02:00 Emma Kay <[hidden email]>:
> >
> >> Hi Pushkar
> >>
> >> I shared Jeremy and Jacqui's concerns upon reading your message. I
> started
> >> to use ImageJ as a student, and the main benefit to me then (as it
> still is
> >> now) was the free sharing of code and expertise within this community.
> An
> >> additional concern that I have about your venture is that new users
> might
> >> find your site when performing a search for 'Image J plugins', and not
> be
> >> aware that most published plugins are freely available, and usually not
> >> that hard to acquire with a google search or request to the author. I
> think
> >> that any commercialisation of ImageJ should be resisted.
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >>
> >> Emma Kay
> >>
> >> Postdoctoral Research Fellow
> >> University of Gothenburg
> >> Gothenburg
> >> Sweden
> >>
> >> On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 8:36 AM, pushkarparanjpe <
> [hidden email]
> >>>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hello,
> >>>
> >>> @Jeremy, @Jacqui: Thank you for your feedback. You raise a valid point.
> >>> This
> >>> idea is in early stages and evolving. I would love to discuss these
> >> issues
> >>> with you.
> >>>
> >>> Best regards,
> >>> Pushkar
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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> >
> >   - Adrián Villalba Felipe.
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