[Next-Generation Sequencing Book]
  • [Photo] J.W. Bizzaro • August 20, 2001
    ``Steve Brenner, assistant professor and leader of a computational genomics research group at the University of California, Berkeley, said he fears that many academic bioinformaticists are unaware of a legal risk they face on a daily basis: contributing to open source software projects without explicit permission from their institutions.

    ``While many employers have clauses in their employment contracts that restrict the creation and use of open source software, bioinformatics programmers at universities are often not as attuned to copyright issues as their industry counterparts. This fact, Brenner said, raises the possibility that a good portion of biological open source software is currently being produced illegally.''

    Full story:
    http://www.genomeweb.com/articles/view-article.asp?Article=200181784719

    The Open Source Author's Contract mailing list:
    http://open-bio.org/mailman/listinfo/authors

    Reference by Snowdeal.org.

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