Software that your life depends on should be required to respect the four software freedoms (run, study, copy, modify). If the four freedoms don't apply in the context of your own bodily autonomy, where else could they be more important?
(Consider the inverse: Parts of your own body are not your property but are merely licensed to you, and the license can be modified or withdrawn at the pleasure of the licensor)
Legislation might be required.
(edit: this would not be without precedent. Copyright and Patents are very limited when it comes to life essentials in general, such as recipes for food or designs for clothing.)
(Consider the inverse: Parts of your own body are not your property but are merely licensed to you, and the license can be modified or withdrawn at the pleasure of the licensor)
Legislation might be required.
(edit: this would not be without precedent. Copyright and Patents are very limited when it comes to life essentials in general, such as recipes for food or designs for clothing.)