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Medical software has evolved from basic administrative tools to life-critical systems like insulin pumps and genomic analysis algorithms. Unlike pharmaceutical patents that expire after 20 years, software copyright lasts 70+ years, meaning proprietary medical algorithms will never become affordable generics. This contradicts medicine's historical tradition of openly sharing knowledge for patient benefit. The article argues that closed-source medical software is unethical because it prioritizes intellectual property over human rights, prevents independent verification of life-critical systems, and threatens affordable healthcare. Open source is presented as essential for transparency, safety verification, and maintaining medicine's knowledge-sharing tradition.

Open source is the only way for medicine

Software is now medicine itself—and proprietary code is putting profits before patients.

The cost of secrecy: A historical warning

<p>Imagine dying because the company behind your insulin pump went bankrupt</p>
