These are Tom Brown’s speaking notes for each slide.
openmod = short for …
grass roots = not controlled or funded by any institution or government grant, all voluntary
all continents except Antartica
who’s heard of it? who’s a member?
nearly 3 years old
first members on mailing list: 3.10.2014
FSF four freedoms:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html
Freedom -1 from Tom? Openly availability, e.g. online
The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose (freedom 0). The freedom to study how the program works, and change it so it does your computing as you wish (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a precondition for this. The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor (freedom 2). The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions to others (freedom 3). By doing this you can give the whole community a chance to benefit from your changes. Access to the source code is a precondition for this.
one institution says one thing, one another; without seeing model code and data, impossible to resolve the difference
“most models and data relied upon by utilities, consultancies and public research institutes remain inscrutable `black boxes’”
billions of euros of investment depends on decisions, stakes high, not to mention the climate
quality: people can find mistakes and improve research results; auditing; others can learn from well-structured code with good methodology etc.
improve public confidence in results
improves your visibility and citations
every PhD student repeating the same tedious data collection exercise, how many have cleaned power plant data sets?
easier to collaborate when everyone is using same open model, no need for NDAs with data, etc.
why now? partially general movement for open science; also because of transformation and increasing complexity of energy system (renewables, decentralisation, liberalisation, sector coupling, active consumers), which makes transparency more important
uncertainty in outcome for energy system over next 40 years requires transparency