Man Open Sources His Genetic Data

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday February 16, 2011 @08:11AM from the man-of-the-people dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Manu Sporny, founder and CEO of Digital Bazaar, has decided to use GitHub to store a very interesting project. Rather than a piece of software, he is listing his own genetic data as an open source project. He has released all his rights to the data and made around 1 million of his genetic markers public domain. As to why he decided to do what many may feel is a risky sharing of data so personal and unique to himself, Manu explains: 'I've thought long and hard about each of those questions and the many more that you ask yourself before publishing this sort of personal data. There are large privacy implications in doing this. However, speaking solely for myself, I think the benefits outweigh the drawbacks.' Manu hasn't gone into great detail as to his thought processes yet, but promises to on his blog at a later date."

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I was here first by GodfatherofSoul · 2011-02-16 08:12 · Score: 5, Funny

I've been offering my DNA samples for at least 20 years now.

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Looking around... by AndyAndyAndyAndy · 2011-02-16 08:13 · Score: 5, Funny

Where do we file bug reports?

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Lawsuit Still Pending by makubesu · 2011-02-16 08:18 · Score: 4, Funny

His parents are going to get him for derivative works.
Re:Creative Defense by Mysticalfruit · 2011-02-16 08:22 · Score: 4, Funny

Sounds more like an unauthorized code injection...

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