UrbanChilli opened this issue on May 30, 2006 · 11 posts
pleonastic posted Wed, 31 May 2006 at 12:37 PM
i dislike big pharm as much as the next little guy, but i usually reserve my accusations for stuff for which i can show some evidence. is doing a wee bit of research before dissing a project too much to ask for? i highly recommend it; it preserves one's bile production for issues that actually deserve it.
from the FAQ:
Who "owns" the results? What will happen to them? Unlike other distributed computing projects, Folding@home is run by an academic institution (specifically the Pande Group, at Stanford University's Chemistry Department), which is a nonprofit institution dedicated to science research and education. We will not sell the data or make any money off of it.