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1997: Bermuda Meeting Affirms Principle of Data Release
In February 1997, at the second HGP meeting on large-scale sequencing strategy, held in Bermuda, HGP researchers and officials affirmed the principles of rapid, public release of genome sequence data, without restrictions on use – later, widely called the "Bermuda principles."
Summary of the Report of the Second International Strategy Meeting on Human Genome Sequencing ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090508183747im_/http://genome.gov/Images/icons/pdf_icon.jpg)
Bermuda, February 27 – March 2, 1997
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