What license should work done by Amybo be placed under?

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Just wanted to mention here that a NC clause would mean that it’s not open source anymore.

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I created a Printables account for AMYBO and uploaded both @RobJ 's and @SandrineH 's designs. I licensed them both as CC-BY as they’re both remixes of CC-BY designs. Please let me know if there’s anything I should change or add!

I also created an AMYBO.org Printables group that anyone can join.

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Regarding how AMYBO would license any strains that are developed and submitted for regulatory approval, I’d like to suggest the BiOS license.

I came across the wikipedia page for PatentLeft this morning, which is analogous to copyleft (like GPL) and used by BiOS (Biological Innovation for Open Society):

TransBacter is available to all non-profit researchers and institutes upon signing a BiOS MTA. For-profit companies are asked to sign a BiOS license and to make a contribution to Cambia which is calculated on the company’s financial means.

More details here: BiOS Agreements FAQs – Cambia

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This is brilliant - thanks Gerrit - it’s great to see there’s a precedent that we can quote. I’ve checked out their docs and registration and Cambia seem solid.

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Claude asked me to confirm, where we stand on licensing - as we’re planning on producing some interactive videos, and should really give the electroPioreactor repo a LICENCE.md. While YouTube is a no-brainer if you want videos out there for discovery, it’s not the lowest carbon option, Claude thinks CC-BY-SA 4.0 licensing would let us use Wikimedia commons to host videos.

So to summarise, unless otherwise specified, AMYBO IP is licensed as:

Entities requiring more permissive licensing can do so by:

  • Entering a contract to pay reasonable royalties to AMYBO, or
  • Providing regular updates to AMYBO on how people are benefiting from the IP if such IP is used exclusively in LDCs

Unless anyone objects by 11 September, I will add LICENCE.md files to the electroPioreactor repository on this basis.

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I think CC-BY-SA 4.0 is great for videos. I wasn’t aware that YouTube doesn’t allow for that license.

Have you considered PeerTube? That integrates well with the fediverse, and due to the P2P nature of the video delivery mechanism I imagine it would have a lower carbon impact than even Wikimedia Commons. The PeerTube app even lets you cast to your TV with Chromecast nowadays - it’s come along quite a bit since I last used it.

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