Re:I am all for this (Score 1)

See previous slashdot discussions of "Open Source Biology And Its Impact on Industry" (slashdot discussion) from 2001, and for how fast costs are falling and skills are spreading "The Pace and Proliferation of Biological Technologies" (slashdot discussion) from 2003.

I am, by the way, posting this from the Synthetic Biology 1.0 Meeting at MIT. Open source is under discussion, as are the risks.