When students contribute to an open-source project, are we forcing them to surrender their IP rights? And if that project is our own research software, are we actively exploiting our students for free labor?
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In our new article, "When Research Software Goes to Class: Lessons From Embedding Research Software Into Teaching," we discuss the tension between bringing students closer to real-world software engineering and research, and the inherent risks of student exploitation.

Published in Open Research Software Journal and available (open access) on https://openresearchsoftware.metajnl.com/articles/548/files/69c136ece7fa5.pdf together with my brilliant co-authors Andreas Bauer and @angrymeir ❤️