- se la medicina/biologia/farmacia diventa personal come l'informatica, c'e' da aspettarsi qualcosa di simile a windows, a linux, etc. (le possibili ipotesi che ci vengono in mente)
Al proposito segnalo l'ultimo numero di GreenPepper Magazine, dove c'Ã una sezione di analisi dedicata alle biotecnologie. Ecco un frammento di un articolo:
OPENING KNOWLEDGE: COPYLEFT! TO BIOLINUX
The CopyLeft movement was borne as a reaction to the increasing encroachment of intellectual property rights [IPRs] in the software industry.The idea behind Copyleft is that software should be protected by free licenses â so-called: GNU General Public Licenses [GNU GPL] - as a means of facilitating sharing and exchange without the imposition of restrictive copyright licenses and associated royalties.This movement gave birth to the Linux operating system programming effort.
Srinivas has argued for the extension of GNU GPL into the protection of plant varieties, agro machinery and related agricultural products.[13] Dubbed âBiolinuxâ such a GNU GPL would enable plant varieties to be in the public domain, freely exchangeable with unrestricted rights for others to experiment, improve, innovate and share without concern for traditional intellectual property barriers.
For some the notion of that IPRs would be substantially curtailed [even eliminated] strikes as a supreme heresy. Apparently, IPRs represent the only mechanism to foster and secure continuous innovation in a given sector - agricultural or otherwise. Economists, however, are not unanimous on the efficacy of IPRs for securing and fostering innovation. Further, proponents of GNU GPL are aware that âany free program is threatened constantly by software patents.âThus they argue they âwish to avoid the danger that redistributors of a free program will individually obtain patent licenses, in effect making the program proprietary.To prevent this, we have made it clear that any patent must be licensed for everyoneâs free use or not licensed at all.âThe Biolinux could be similarly applied to agricultural-related items.
Ultimately the call for Biolinux seeks to challenge the hegemony of knowledge control firms maintain over agricultural technologies - often times at the expense of those that cannot afford costly licenses. -- www.e-laser.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]
