Editing Yang Liu (section)

==What advice would you give to those who wish to learn Madagascar or to contribute to it?==
For learners: One day, you will learn all the skills, but you may need to understand a few things before you start: 
1. Why reproducible? The success and credibility of science depend on independent testing and replication. Reproducibility gives us the most powerful tool for scientific progress. 
2. Why Madagascar? There exist plenty of open-source geophysical software, e.g., SEPlib, SU, FreeUSP, but Madagascar is the only one to provide all the components of a shared research environment. 
3. How to master it? Never start from scratch! The best way to learn is to follow the examples of others, while keeping in mind that everything is reproducible in Madagascar. 

For contributors: Remember Sergey’s maxim “Instead of computational reproducibility being the responsibility of an individual author, it should become the responsibility of open-source scientific-software communities”. “A single spark can start a prairie fire”: never think how little you have contributed. Even if it is a small correction, you are making Madagascar move towards a better direction.

Respect the spirit of open source, and you will change the world!