Conference Survey Report


The survey consisted of two major parts, one about current code sharing policies and the second about future policies.

(Current) Conference Code Sharing Policies

For the first survey part about current code sharing policies, 245 emails were sent to organizers of 125 conferences. 34 responses (14%) were received from chairs of 32 conferences (26%).


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The first four responses in the graphic's list are pre-formulated. The third, forbids, was never chosen. Other answers offered, formatted for style, were


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Other answers offered, edited for style and clarity, were

Future Conference Code Sharing Policies

For the second survey part about future code sharing policies, 238 emails were sent to organizers of 123 conferences. 21 responses (8.8%) were received from chairs of 21 conferences (17%).


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The first six responses in the graphic's list are pre-formulated.

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The request to "Please add any comments, suggestions, or objections here." provoked these reactions, which have been anonymized and edited for style: