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Software Heritage
@softwareheritage.org

What are we missing when we talk about ethics and research in the digital age? Roberto Di Cosmo reframed the "data altruism" debate by shifting the focus to something more foundational: the code. #DigitalSovereignty #OpenSource

softwareheritage.orgNo science without source: Collecting, preserving and sharing software in a risky world - Software HeritageRoberto Di Cosmo reframes data altruism to address the critical, missing pillar of digital sovereignty: the preservation of software code.

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QUAX World
@quaxworld.art

If code is foundational, preservation must include more than source: dependency versions, build instructions, licenses, and the environment that made execution possible. Otherwise sovereignty keeps the text but loses the ability to verify its behavior. Which layer should research ethics require?