How does genome information placed in the public domain work? Who can use it?
All of the genome sequence generated by the Human Genome Project has been deposited into GenBank, a public database freely accessible by anyone with a connection to the Internet. Disseminating information in the public domain encourages widespread use of information, minimizes transaction costs, and makes R&D cheaper and faster. Of particular relevance to research science, a vigorous public domain can supply a meeting place for people, information, and ideas that might not find each other in the course of more organized, licensed encounters. Information in the public domain is accessible to users who otherwise would be priced out of the market.
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- Since software placed in the public domain has no license isn it not under a free software license, and therefore not acceptable as free software according to the DFSG?
- How does genome information placed in the public domain work? Who can use it?
