Hi SEQanswers,
First, let me apologize if this is not the right avenue to make this request. I am the author of pBWA - a parallel implementation of a Burrows-Wheeler transform based short read aligner. I originally wrote the software for my master's thesis and didn't really intend for it to (or image it actually would) become popular... however, I am consistently getting requests to update, patch, etc.
It was recently suggested to me that I could "release" the software to the open source community, even though the code is freely available, it is a gesture that could be made.
I guess my question is, does anyone know of any avenues for which I can pursue this? Is there a community anyone knows of that would be willing to take ownership for the software & keep it up to date? Someone has generously hosted the software on their github account, so it's a start.
Also - I am wondering if it is advisable for me to publish this before, or after releasing the software? I have just finished writing a journal article and will be submitting it towards peer review shortly.
Thanks for your time!
Darren
First, let me apologize if this is not the right avenue to make this request. I am the author of pBWA - a parallel implementation of a Burrows-Wheeler transform based short read aligner. I originally wrote the software for my master's thesis and didn't really intend for it to (or image it actually would) become popular... however, I am consistently getting requests to update, patch, etc.
It was recently suggested to me that I could "release" the software to the open source community, even though the code is freely available, it is a gesture that could be made.
I guess my question is, does anyone know of any avenues for which I can pursue this? Is there a community anyone knows of that would be willing to take ownership for the software & keep it up to date? Someone has generously hosted the software on their github account, so it's a start.
Also - I am wondering if it is advisable for me to publish this before, or after releasing the software? I have just finished writing a journal article and will be submitting it towards peer review shortly.
Thanks for your time!
Darren
