The Sustainability and Industry Partnership Work Group (SIP-WG) is a part of the National Cancer Institute Informatics Technology for Cancer Research (ITCR) program. The charter of the SIP-WG is to investigate options of long-term sustainability of open source software (OSS) developed by the ITCR, in part by developing a collection of business model archetypes that can serve as sustainability plans for ITCR OSS development initiatives. The workgroup assembled models from the ITCR program, from other studies, and via engagement of its extensive network of relationships with other organizations (e.g., Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Open Source Initiative and Software Sustainability Institute). This article reviews existing sustainability models and describes ten OSS use cases disseminated by the SIP-WG and others, and highlights five essential attributes (alignment with unmet scientific needs, dedicated development team, vibrant user community, feasible licensing model, and sustainable financial model) to assist academic software developers in achieving best practice in software sustainability.

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开源软件可持续性模型：癌症研究可持续性和行业合作工作组信息学技术的初始白皮书

可持续发展与行业合作工作组 (SIP-WG) 是美国国家癌症研究所癌症研究信息技术 (ITCR) 计划的一部分。SIP-WG 的章程是调查 ITCR 开发的开源软件 (OSS) 的长期可持续性选项，部分方法是开发一系列可作为 ITCR OSS 开发计划的可持续性计划的商业模型原型。该工作组从 ITCR 计划、其他研究中，并通过与其他组织（例如，Chan Zuckerberg Initiative、Open Source Initiative 和 Software Sustainability Institute）的广泛关系网络的参与来收集模型。本文回顾了现有的可持续性模型并描述了 SIP-WG 和其他人传播的十个 OSS 用例，