[GAP Forum] Software is fundamental to research - show your support!

[Alexander Konovalov]

[Apologies if you received this information more than once]

Dear GAP Forum,

The Software Sustainability Institute (http://www.software.ac.uk/)
had recently initiated the petition to show that software is 
fundamental to research: research software should be treated as 
part of the research infrastructure, and if the fundamental role 
that software plays in research would be overlooked, then an 
ability to conduct research will be jeopardised. Some more 
motivation behind the petition is explained here:

http://www.software.ac.uk/blog/2014-10-31-researchers-both-rely-software-and-overlook-it

I suggest you to have a look, and if you agree, then please consider
signing it too. The petition could be signed here:
	
	http://bit.ly/SoftwareIsFundamental

Please also help to spread the word about the petition by forwarding 
this email to anyone who may be interested. If you use Twitter, then 
you may also retweet this tweet: 

	https://twitter.com/gap_system/status/529576262332063744

Thank you,
Alexander