Here is Nathanael Johnson's East Bay Express article on the origins of Open Source Biology. I don't know if we deserve as much credit as Mr. Johnson gives us. But I do miss hanging out at the Palace...
UPDATE (18 April 05): Here are the original Intentional Biology and Open Source Biology web pages, which haven't been edited since 2000 or so. Content by myself and Drew Endy. This material is basically ancient history at this point, but not so bad for following the development of the ideas.