Can life be Open Source?

Submitted by cbrooke on June 23, 2004 - 00:48.

Here's an even scarier question: What happens when a bio-cracker unleashes a plant virus on all the wheat in North America, and the genetic code to "Wheat 2.0" is closed-source, patented code controlled by a corporation?

An interesting blog post mixing open source w/ a recent court decision regarding GM food...

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Link?

Submitted by Clancy on June 23, 2004 - 11:43.

Hey, Collin, do you remember where you found that? I'd like to see the whole post.




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here's the link

Submitted by cel4145 on June 23, 2004 - 14:26.

This seems to be the meme (or at least part of it). Slashdot notes that discussion of this quote is to be found at Download Aborted!