From: Bioconductor: open software development for computational biology and bioinformatics
To encourage reproducibility, extension and general adherence to the scientific method |
To ensure that the code is open to public scrutiny and comment |
To provide full access to algorithms and their implementation |
To provide to users the ability to fix bugs without waiting for the developer, and to extend and improve the supplied software |
To encourage good scientific computing and statistical practice by exhibiting fully appropriate tools and instruction |
To provide a workbench of tools that allow researchers to explore and expand the methods used to analyze biological data |
To ensure that the international scientific community is the owner of the software tools needed to carry out research |
To lead and encourage commercial support and development of those tools that are successful |
To promote reproducible research by providing open and accessible tools with which to carry out that research |