[luv-talk] Regarding "open-source " research

Probably old-hat to everyone else; but "open-source" seems to be taking on a political life of it's own. I was listening to Michael Mackenzie; http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/michael-mackenzie/3112224 doing an interview with a young women, regarding "open-source " research see for example : http://www.mmv.org/research-development/open-access-malaria-box http://www.mmv.org/research-development/open-source-research and wondered whether either, were aware of it's origins as as a software 'philosophy ' ? regards Rohan Mcleod