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---- Original Message ----- From: Ian Pitchford <ian.pitchford at scientist.com> To: <radical-science at egroups.com> Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 11:33 AM Subject: [radical-science] Deal on publishing genome paper criticised
> December 7, 2000
>
> DEAL ON PUBLISHING GENOME PAPER CRITICIZED
> from The Los Angeles Times
>
> WASHINGTON--The prestigious journal Science is on the verge of
striking an
> unusual bargain: In return for the right to publish a path-breaking
paper
on
> the human genetic code, it would allow the paper's biotech company
authors
> to make their supporting data accessible only to those who promise not
to
> use them for commercial or certain other purposes.
>
> To its critics, the agreement appears at odds with science's long-held
view
> that the free exchange of ideas is the best route to discovery and the
> advancement of knowledge.
>
> The critics also charge that the deal would amount to a deep new
incursion
> of the profit motive into scientific enterprise. They say it would
collide
> with Science magazine's own policy that results be publicly available
for
> use, and also with public promises by the authors' company, Celera
Genomics
> of Rockville, Md., to provide the material to the scientific community
with
> no restrictions other than a ban on copying the data and reselling it.
>
> Full text:
> http://www.latimes.com/news/science/science/20001207/t000117097.html
>
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