Hasta los químicos, científicos clásicos donde los haya :), se apuntan al open source. En Worldchanging nos hablan del proyecto ZINC:
ZINC -- which, in the free software tradition of recursive acronyms, stands for ZINC Is Not Commercial -- is a free database of compounds for "virtual screening." That is, ZINC provides 3D models of chemical compounds in a standard "docking" format used in chemistry and biochemistry software, allowing researchers to assemble and test new chemical compositions on their computers. While useful across chemistry-related disciplines, this is particularly important for drug discovery and development -- and could be of great value to biochemistry and pharmaceutical researchers in the developing world
Aunque el proyecto no adopta explícitamente el open source como modelo, tampoco reclama copyright sobre los compuestos y en la información que han publicado reclama su caracter abierto.
