LinuxInsider: Is the GPL OK for DNA?

“Duct tape is the world’s most versatile invention. It makes
ducts airtight, holds car parts together, patches holes in canoes
and keeps rock musicians from tripping over wires onstage. It rips
easily, holds firm even underwater and provides a quick fix for
almost any emergency. But sometimes, duct tape fanatics go too
far.

“You can buy wallets made entirely of duct tape. Some even make
clothes out of it. The same is true with open-source licensing. It
has many useful applications, but it is easy to get carried away.
Take, for example, the increasing interest in applying open-source
licensing to biotechnology…”

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