[HarryHirsch]

if you’re thinking about profit motive at a time like this you are part of the problem. Full stop

People will remember. A decade or two ago, during a flu outbreak that had pandemic potential (I think it was 2006), the government of Indonesia refused to share early samples. The reason? In the past, vaccine manufacturers had refused to sell flu vaccine during pandemics at a discount to the developing country.

From a game-theoretic viewpoint it makes sense - Indonesia isn't worse off if it refuses to cooperate, Indonesian citizens will die anyway. Israel calls this stance "Samson Option".

[hyperman1]

This calls for an equivalent for the GPL: Feel free to use our samples, but everything you develop based on it is licensed for free to everyone else.