OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/8834/Distributed_Computing_Project_interview Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:48:28 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com Nice post Eugenia http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? About time I put my computer to use for something genuinely useful, just downloaded it, an absolute doddle to use too. Wed, 10 Nov 2004 21:48:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments A bit annoying really http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? They ask for free CPU cycles from many members yet want to keep the rights to any findings (i.e. patents so they can make money from it) and dont even make results public! Thu, 11 Nov 2004 04:16:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments Prior art http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? If the findings are discovered on your CPU, you might have prior art. Thu, 11 Nov 2004 05:18:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments Did you not read the article. http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? there is no MacOS client (although you could vitual it).

It also cover HIV, Malaria, Respiratory Diseases (TB, Asthma, SARS) and is open to other ideas.

Also Isaac did you read this bit
[quote]... (FYI: Automatic processing of data does not generate IP which can be protected by International patent laws).[/quote]

The project has already been sucessful in finding inhibitors for HIV and Cancer. Thu, 11 Nov 2004 08:24:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments re: A bit annoying really http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? QUOTE "We have made a commitment that any
profits will be distributed for further research via a charity." Thu, 11 Nov 2004 14:29:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments RE: re: A bit annoying really http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? So why not register as a non-profit? Thu, 11 Nov 2004 18:57:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments re: RE: re: A bit annoying really http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? It is quuote (abotu Find-a-Drug at their site) "Find-a-Drug is a not for profit distributed computing project..."

They are delaying their move to charity status as it has no benefit at the moment. Thu, 11 Nov 2004 22:35:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments