Merge pull request #463 from jedbrown/jed/submission-requirements

Submission requirements: add "maintainable extension" verbiage
openjournals · Nov 9, 2018 · e23281b · e23281b
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@@ -206,8 +206,10 @@ Submission then is as simple as:
 - The software should have an **obvious** research application
 - You should be a major contributor to the software you are submitting
 - The software should be a significant contribution to the available open source software that either enables some new research challenges to be addressed or makes addressing research challenges significantly better (e.g., faster, easier, simpler)
-- The software should be feature complete (no half-baked solutions)
-Minor, 'utility' packages, including 'thin' API clients are not acceptable
+- The software should be feature complete (no half-baked solutions) and
+  designed for maintainable extension (not one-off modifications).
+  Minor ‘utility’ packages, including ‘thin’ API clients, are not
+  acceptable.
 
 In addition, the software associated with your submission must: