Read it in: Español. At rOpenSci, our mission is to foster a culture that values open and reproducible research using shared data and reusable software and we achieve this through creating social infrastructure through a welcoming and diverse community We feel it is a time to reiterate and clarify why this is and what it means. The open in open source and open science means more than how we share code or data. It means knocking down the barriers to participation so that it is open and accessible to all, that everyone can join in the benefits and joys of science, and removing our blinders to the …