MATLAB is the language used by some of the most popular open source projects in neuroimaging, by # of users.
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Replying to @pierre_bellec @o_guest
I don't think that claiming MATLAB=closed science is respectful of the many devs sharing openly .m code.
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Replying to @o_guest
it is a gray area: it's straightforward to read, modify and redistribute most .m projects
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Replying to @pierre_bellec @o_guest
gra/ey indeed - if u don't have a matlab license u can convert to Octave (some potential loss in translation) or recode if u understand it
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Replying to @ar0mcintosh @pierre_bellec
or total loss — seriously try pdptool in octave
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Replying to @o_guest @pierre_bellec
that's why we recoded all
@thevirtualbrain into Python. Conversion from matlab wasn't an option (royal 'we' btw - I provided caffeine and
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I (mostly) moved away from matlab in 2008. I still consider SPM as open source though.
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fair enough, but you don't control the def others might use
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definition of FOSS is not nearly as monolithic as you imply.
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the fact that Matlab is being phased out regardless of what we think is key
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