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14. puredemo: How can we apply the concepts of free software development to the upcoming biological revolution of synthetic and hybrid organisms? Richard Stallman: The situation for genetically modified organisms is totally different. There is no general tool for performing a genetic modification comparable to using a text editor (or a 1960s card punch) to alter the source code of a program, then compiling it and running it. Today's genetically engineered organisms were made by the equivalent of using `sed' to patch an executable which was mostly a black box. We can understand and change programs because ... Leer más