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Open-Source Biology

Posted by timothy on from the sharing-knowledge dept.

nicholast writes with this "article describing the growing use of open-source collaboration methods in biology. The subtitle and main question is: Can a band of biologists who share data freely out-innovate the corporate researchers who hoard it?"

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  1. biologists by j1mmy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    can you imagine a beowulf cluster of these?

    they should release biology under the GPL!

  2. Open Source Biology? by sheepab · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Does that mean my brain is GPL'ed?

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  3. Re:New Sourceforge Project by edremy · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I'm announcing a new project, ADAM 2.0.

    I'm sorry, but as the father to one Adam Lewis Remy, I'm afraid you are infringing on my trademark.

    You have 30 days to alter the name to something that will not be confusing to any person in the human race, or I will sic my battalion of trained attack weas^H^H^H^Hlawyers on you.

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