# \#opensource

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## [Open Source Is The Only Way For Medicine](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/open-source-is-the-only-way-for-medicine/80)

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**Author:** [@marcusbaw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/u/marcusbaw)\
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**Last updated:** [28 November 2025 15:20 UTC](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/open-source-is-the-only-way-for-medicine/80 "2025-11-28T15:20:05Z")

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The Chamberlen forceps (image credit: public domain via Wikipedia) I believe that closed-source, proprietary clinical software is fundamentally unethical, going beyond even the pharmaceutical industry in how closed s…

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## [OpenUK's 2023 New Year's Honours List - OpenUK](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/openuks-2023-new-years-honours-list-openuk/837)

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**Author:** [@marcusbaw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/u/marcusbaw)\
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**Last updated:** [1 January 2023 00:00 UTC](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/openuks-2023-new-years-honours-list-openuk/837 "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z")

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OpenUK’s 2023 New Year’s Honours List OpenUK is pleased to share its third New Year’s Honours List for 2023, celebrating the “Social Influencers of Open Source” in the UK. OpenUK has partnered with Onalytica to use…

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## [When is Open Source not Open Source?](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/when-is-open-source-not-open-source/58)

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**Author:** [@marcusbaw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/u/marcusbaw)\
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**Last updated:** [6 March 2014 00:00 UTC](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/when-is-open-source-not-open-source/58 "2014-03-06T00:00:00Z")

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I had an interesting conversation at the NHS England Healthcare Innovation Expo on Monday and Tuesday of this week (3-4th March 2014) with a pathologist Fred Mayall who has done some excellent work enabling clinicians to…