[argonaut]

The problem with being so openly self-described as a merely a way to get credit is: you're not evaluated on how many publications you get. You're evaluated on how many top publications you get.

There are a ton of 2nd tier and 3rd tier journals out there that are legitimately peer reviewed but won't help you get tenure / get academic positions, etc. This is a new journal so nobody will have heard of it (and therefore almost all will assume it's a 3rd tier venue). And I don't see that changing for a journal that is so narrowly focused on just publishing papers about open source software.

[JorgeGT]

This is correct. Specifically in my country, publications have to be published in journals of the first tertile of the corresponding category in the JCR index to get full credit.