[DIYbio] I'm curious, why don't we post open source sequences more often?

Hey Guys,

I see alot mentions to do with open science but I rarely see full open source sequences? Why is that?

Would DIYBio be served borrowing some concepts from the software world in terms of their Free & Open Source Software movement? as well as using version control (git?) to document the sequence history.

AFAIK the main reason is current approach is very much a bottom-up approach, where it's easier and cheaper to use various enzymes to chop and insert various segments until you get what you want, then to provide a protocol on how to repeat this process... but an alterantive would be to provide with a complete sequence first, then allow the "compiler" (lab monkey) to generate a protocol?

That way multiple people could use the same source code sequence, adapt and fork it, but ultimately use various different techniques/protocols (such as dna printing) to get to the end result.

Or is there some other reason I've overlooked?

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