Ideas for Advancing Code Sharing (A Different Kind of Hack Day)

How do we as a community encourage the reuse of software for telescope operations, data processing, and calibration? How can we support making codes used in research available for others to examine? Continuing the discussion from last year Bring out your codes! BoF session, participants separated into groups to brainstorm ideas to mitigate factors which inhibit code sharing and nurture those which encourage code sharing. The BoF concluded with the sharing of ideas that arose from the brainstorming sessions and a brief summary by the moderator.Comment: To be published in Proceedings of ADASS XXIII. Links to notes from brainstorming sessions are available here: http://asterisk.apod.com/wp/?p=54

Best Practices for a Future Open Code Policy: Experiences and Vision of the Astrophysics Source Code Library

We are members of the Astrophysics Source Code Library's Advisory Committee and its editor-in-chief. The Astrophysics Source Code Library (ASCL, ascl.net) is a successful initiative that advocates for open research software and provides an infrastructure for registering, discovering, sharing, and citing this software. Started in 1999, the ASCL has been expanding in recent years, with an average of over 200 codes added each year, and now houses over 1,600 code entries.Comment: White paper submitted to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Best Practices for a Future Open Code Policy for NASA Space Science Project Committe