# Why is it reliable to use open source packages for research?

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**Category:** Offtopic\
**Tags:** package\
**Created:** [May 4, 2024, 3:49am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-is-it-reliable-to-use-open-source-packages-for-research/113823 "2024-05-04T03:49:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![mbauman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mbauman/32/31082_2.png) [@mbauman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mbauman)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 12:11pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-is-it-reliable-to-use-open-source-packages-for-research/113823/44 "2024-05-10T12:11:16Z")

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Great to have you back! Obviously that’s not FUD — it’s a concrete issue that is clearly a bug. Thanks for filing the issues!

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