I would think all these sexy pseudo humanitarian projects would benefit from a post mortem when the evaporate into nothingness.
It's fairly likely there existence, though not sustained often has some non-trivial utility. When one flops back to "training for the young, etc" its fairly apparent this is a segway to not existing. Yet, that is: stand alone a worthwhile goal. IGEM is hugely in that camp.
Reality is messy, and so are a little string of molecules than enable life. Some somewhat similar organisational stuffs include:
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI)
All these, even GHDDI ( Side project of Bill Gates, more or less ), have this science + goodwill glossy story, but when the reality kicks in, are hard to map-up, sustain, defend functionally. Not just pay for, but simply to do on an ongoing basis...
But the best way to do a needy thing if you get away with it, is start with a copy of something that works, that is documented, and complete. Often that is a the notion to wait HH:MM:SS for patents to expire and do it for any other purpose, for many of these sorts of endeavours. SO, you might think goodwill for the human experience for some i fit just says to hugely reduce the timeframe for patents. and frustrate rolling them over with mini-lies.
Big DUNNO at my end of the whole thing.
Id open source similiar, IE github ? Most of these snagged chucnks of code 'OH FOR FREE' are useless as-is almost, but many launch something that works significantly, benefits somebody, anyway. Or well, works and the head start matters.
Maybe the expectations at the receiving end are as much of a problem as the slightly underbaked stuffs in the offerings.
Daniel B. Kolis
04 Jul 2025
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