Hi Tom / looks good / some suggestions follow with the changes italicized here for emphasis rather than on the presentation / thanks for adding my name, that was unexpected
Slide 2: an affiliation is not required for openmod
- grass roots community of open energy modellers from universities, research institutions, and the interested public
Slide 3: the Free Software Foundation (FSF) freedom zero covers usage and freedom three covers distribution / also lets be symmetrical about data and include it under the four freedoms too (moreover “freely available” arguably covers web publication under standard copyright and that is far from sufficient for our purposes)
- Open refers to model source code and energy system datasets that can be freely used, studied, improved, and distributed.1
- CC 4.0 BY → CC BY 4.0
Slide 4:
- … is essential given the increasing complexity of the energy system
- the leading dots don’t add much
Slide 11:
- helping data owners understand the merits of openness
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improved research computing skills
In addition:
- you may consider placing the license notice on slide one, it makes it easier for people to find, particularly when sifting thru a pile of documents
- personally I don’t add a “th” to dates, but that is merely a matter of style
Footnotes
1 A technical issue regarding the FSF freedom one to change is that code improvements can be readily assessed by running the program. Whereas data “improvements” need to have the reasons logged, in other words provenance is vital. In addition, data modifications may (unintentionally) damage the reputation of third parties in ways that code changes can never do.