[Biodevelopers] Proposal for creation of algorithm repository

[Sujita Purushothaman]

Malay Kumar Basu wrote:
> Hi Jeff and Bill:
> 
> Great! The response is really good. I can't agree more. What I have in my
> mind is more like a wiki. No one maintains it but everyone does. That's
> the best way to implement quality control. I completely agree that
> Bioinformatics.org should play a major role in this.

IMHO, Wikis licensed under the GFDL/Open Publication License/anything 
similar are the way to go for shared, free information.

 > can be just started anytime. There are plenty of code
> around. 


http://www.wikipedia.org is a wiki encyclopedia. The source code of that 
project is available under the GPL. More info about the source code is 
here: http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia%3APHP_script

All edits are saved, at any time a previous version of the page can be
restored, so vandalism is not a big problem. Also, copyright owners can 
be easily verified by checking the page histories.

I could go on and on :-)

-Sujita

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Sujita Purushothaman
Research Engineer, Open Source Development
MIMOS Berhad, Malaysia
http://opensource.mimos.my
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