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Patents and Open Source Biotech

Posted by michael on from the my-new-asian-bird-flu-technique-is-unstoppable dept.

sebFlyte writes "Since Slashdot readers seem to be interesting in the issues and problems surrounding software patents, I thought they might be interested to see that Wired is running an interesting piece on patents in Biotech and the way that they can hold up important research, and how there are clear parallels with the open source software community with the way that advocates of openness are trying to solve these problems."

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  1. Nice linking by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Takes you to the second page of the article. For those who like to skip to the end I guess. first page

  2. Same thing happening in film/media by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative


    Is copyright killing culture? Some documentary filmmakers certainly think so.