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The Opening of Biotech

Posted by Hemos on from the genes-just-wanna-be-free dept.

RockinRobStar writes "ABC Science have posted an article about an Australian geneticist, Dr Richard Jefferson, pushing for "free access to the scientific tools of modern biology and genetics...just as computer programming tools were shared in the open source software movement." "The scientific tools...would be licensed under a similar agreement as the general public licence". Dr Jefferson plans to present his program to the World Economic Forum in January."

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  1. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp
    bb

    1. Re:fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      fourth post? I don't get it...

  2. Be careful by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Under such a scheme, you would have to provide the complete sequence of your genome whenever you sneezed on somebody.

  3. Kid to teacher: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "My homework ate my dog..." bwahaha