is the problem with the structure (of the for-profit spin-out) or the fact that intangible property (knowhow, community tradedress, copyleft) is being enclosed due to unclear boundaries (tragedy of commons). The former can be solved by preference for CIC (community interest corp) or low-profit limited liability companies. The second is more a equitable issue with deciding what is fair/right. Positions on the latter can be done by deliberately placing code in friendly jurisdictions (eg NZ now has no software patents - see http://www.burgess.co.nz/law/universal-support-for-exclusion-of-software-patents/ ) but any genetic entity still needs to be physically deposited. The long term impact is that the market generally follows the low-cost route, whether open-source or crowd-investing. Yes, sometimes items need to be capitalised, eg short-term debt to fund a project to hit a particular milestone, but once the project pays for itself, it can then be released back into public domains (see blender 3D http://www.blender.org/blenderorg/blender-foundation/history/)
on the other hand material transfer agreements seem to be an acceptable norm which clarifies which claims/rights are being retained.
On Wednesday, June 5, 2013 11:53:38 AM UTC+12, Bryan Bishop wrote:
On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 5:32 PM, Antony Evans <anton...@gmail.com> wrote:--
I was willing to indulge you but if you look there, you will see that you wrote the following:"Exactly which license we are still debating in the team. For sure open source for full use in DIY Bio, where the team is not sure is regarding commercial applications. Eg we don't think someone should setup a business selling the glowing plant seeds. What do you think?"That's completely contrary to open source... I don't think you understand open source. :-(- Bryanhttp://heybryan.org/
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