Re: [DIYbio] Open Source Licenses for publishing sequences?

lol - that's not actually a bad idea, would certainly force the topic.

On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 12:51 PM, Patrik D'haeseleer <patrikd@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yeah, so far the Supreme Court in the US has consistently treated DNA as a
> chemical entity rather than as an information carrier. So patentable, but
> not copyrightable.
>
> Someone should really write an original piece of poetry, and encode it into
> DNA along with a copyright notice...
>
> For extra credit: come up with a codon usage table so each codon choice
> encodes a few bits of information. Then design a functioning enzyme that
> simultaneously encodes a poem as well. Then patent and copyright the heck
> out of it, and release it into the wild. Stand back and watch the IP system
> implode ;-)
>
> Patrik
>
> On Sunday, July 6, 2014 10:08:49 PM UTC-7, Marc Juul wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 6, 2014 at 8:52 PM, Jarrad <m...@jarradhope.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey Guys,
>>>
>>> There seems to be alot of interest around open science and how to go
>>> about that,
>>>
>>> Has anyone looked at Creative Commons
>>> (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/) or Open source licenses such as
>>> Apache 2.0, MIT, GPL
>>> Has anyone thought about creating a more specific license for biology
>>> (sequences/protocols/etc) ?
>>>
>>> For example it's unclear what license/terms the parts in iGEM use
>>> http://parts.igem.org
>>
>>
>> Hi Jarrad. It is generally accepted that copyright does not apply to DNA
>> as it does not constitute a creative work. This may change in the future as
>> increasingly complex DNA is designed by humans. There are some legal
>> arguments available for why copyright may already apply to certain DNA
>> sequences. For now DNA is in the regime of patents. iGEM parts use the
>> Biobrick Public Agreement (BPA): https://biobricks.org/bpa/
>>
>> --
>> marc/juul
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