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This report provides information and recommendations on FOSS for researchers, providers and developers in OS. The work on it was carried out to support the preparation of the “Hands-on workshop: Touching on Data and Open Source Software for Open Science” . It also unludes conclusions from the survey conducted before the workshop. It covers the following topics:
- Software in science
- FOSS and open science
- Use of software in OS practices
- Software used by researchers
- Attitude of researchers
- Finding research software and tools for the social sciences
- Recommendations for FOSS adoption development and visibility in science
- Commonly used FOSS licences, their benefits, types and differences
- Copyrights, patents, warranties and other restrictions and rights
- Source-available and ‘fauxpen’ licences, contributor agreements and relicensing
- FOSS licence licence selection, compliance and compatibility
- Licence impact on the community, software quality, longevity and sustainability
- Licence management process
- Software composition analysis and licence selection tools