Open science/Laws

Open science is discovery process conducted using methods widely employed in open source software development: all data and ideas are freely shared between participants and anyone may take part. These are summarised as six laws:
 * 1) All data are open and all ideas are shared
 * 2) Anyone can take part at any level of the project
 * 3) There will be no patents
 * 4) Suggestions are the best form of criticism
 * 5) Public discussion is much more valuable than private email
 * 6) The project is bigger than, and is not owned by, any given lab. The aim is to find a good solution to a problem, by whatever means, as quickly as possible.

Acknowledgement
These laws are adapted from:
 * 1) Open Source Drug Discovery for Malaria, Matt Todd, The Synaptic Leap, 2011
 * 2) Open Source Drug Discovery (OpenWetWare)