This article describes similarities of the scientific method and the free open source software development, and how reproducibility is the key of an healthy scientific production.
@article{arxiv.1105.1885,
title = {"Eppur si muove", Software Libero e Ricerca Riproducibile},
author = {Alessandro Frigeri and Gisella Speranza},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1105.1885},
year = {2011}
}