# Key Points from #hplusroadmap IRC Logs

• A significant debate occurred regarding open-source ethics when the OpenPCR project claimed to be "open source" while restricting access to design documents and software to Kickstarter donors until a planned future release, raising questions about what truly constitutes open-source practices.

• Conflict emerged in the open-source CAD community when PythonOCC developers attempted to "revoke" a user's GPL license after they gave a presentation about the software, sparking discussion about GPL enforcement and community norms in open-source projects.

• Participants compared several open-source CAD tools (HeeksCAD, FreeCAD, OpenSCAD, PythonOCC), noting most free CAD software lacks good parametric modeling capabilities and discussing the challenges of implementing constraint systems.

• Technical discussions on DIY biology included rapid PCR techniques using lasers and microfluidics, with links to papers demonstrating PCR reactions completed in under a minute using laser heating in nanoliter droplet arrays.

• The dramatic reduction in genome sequencing costs was highlighted (from $1B twenty years ago to approximately $10,000 at the time of conversation), alongside ambitious projects like jellyfish genome sequencing to potentially transfer regenerative properties to other animals.

• Participants critiqued "corporate hackerspaces" using the term "Fakerspace" to describe corporate startups masquerading as community spaces, specifically comparing different biohacker spaces like Livly and BioCurious.

• A philosophical debate addressed whether "the benefits of openness will outweigh those of privacy" in the future, with some participants expressing agreement with this proposition.