Why is CSDMS promoting the development of free open source code?
Since we’re working in the public domain, the general opinion is that the research should be public and community centered as well. One goal of CSDMS is to change the current culture, encouraging more open collaboration and cooperation as a community. Not long ago the climate community experienced such a cultural shift, which resulted in better funding and vastly improved, integrated modeling. Working together will make the earth-surface dynamics community more effective. There will be less duplication of effort, more ways to connect models, and these models will be open to be built upon.
