WHEN SPEED TRULY MATTERS, OPENNESS IS THE ANSWER
In this paper I analyse the ethical implications of the two main competing methodologies in genomic research. I do not aim to provide another contribution from the mainstream legal and public policy perspective; rather I offer a novel approach in which I analyse and describe the patent-and-publish r...
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Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
Idioma: | Inglês |
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Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2009
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Bioethics
Ano: 2009, Volume: 23, Número: 7, Páginas: 385-393 |
Outras palavras-chave: | B
Merton's principles
B patent-and-publish B Intrinsic Good B Open source B copyleft B Free Software Foundation |
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Resumo: | In this paper I analyse the ethical implications of the two main competing methodologies in genomic research. I do not aim to provide another contribution from the mainstream legal and public policy perspective; rather I offer a novel approach in which I analyse and describe the patent-and-publish regime (the proprietary regime) led by biologist J. Craig Venter and the ‘open-source’ methodologies led by biotechnology Nobel laureate John Sulston. The ‘open-source methodologies’ arose in biotechnology as an alternative to the patent-and-publish regime in the wake of the explosion in computer technology. Indeed, the tremendous increase in computer technology has generated a corresponding increase in the pace of genomics research. I conclude this paper by arguing that while the patent-and-publish method is a transactional method based on the exchange of extrinsic goods (patents in exchange for research funds), the free and open-source methodology (FLOSS)1 is a transformational method based on a visionary ideal of science, which leads to prioritizing intrinsic goods in scientific research over extrinsic goods. |
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ISSN: | 1467-8519 |
Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: Bioethics
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2009.01723.x |