Open source and open medicine take centre stage at UN research symposium

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Apr 13, 2006 3:40 AM EDT
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Can an Intellectual Property regime designed to protect private interests be reformed to "lock everyone in"? What results when government authorities promote free, open source software in their jurisdictions? Who (if anyone) should own or control access to the human genome sequence? What parallels can be drawn with the fundamental principles of 'openness' for science and society as a whole?

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What has this got to do with Linux? rsheim 7 1,429 Apr 16, 2006 2:42 AM

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