Politics and Ethics in Genomics

In this section of the class we will talk about two things, and maybe three:

1. Genome sequence. Data release policies, why, when, where. Fair use.
2. Software licenses. Open vs closed source. What is it all about?
3. Ethical, social, legal implications of genomics.

Some links that we will talk about:

Data release policy and examples:

1. NHGRI data release policy
2. NIAID microbe genome data release policy
3. University of Wisconsin-Madison E.coli Genome Project
4. TIGR license agreement
5. A JGI data release policy
6. The Giardia debacle
   • The paper that started it
   • Correction 1
   • Correction 2
   • The Science article
   • The Giardia web site
   • The Giardia data release policy
7. The rice debate:
   • Guardian (UK)
   • BBC News
   • Science editorial
   • Another Science editorial

Open Source

1. The open source debate
2. Steve Brenner and the UC system
3. The Free Software Foundation

Human genome

1. Ethical, legal, and social issues of the human genome project (JGI)
2. Ethical, legal, and social issues of the human genome project (NIH)
3. Ethics at Guardian (UK)