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Re:“Open Source” Seeds Loosen Big Ag’s Grip on Farmers by edmundsauto on Friday February 10, 2023 @12:07PM (#34742449)
The farmer may have claimed they weren't trying to. The fact they used Roundup, which would have killed their crop if it weren't the GM seeds, indicates otherwise.
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Re:“Open Source” Seeds Loosen Big Ag’s Grip on Farmers by quantified on Friday February 10, 2023 @02:42PM (#34744689)
Some other farmer's trash blows into my field, it's mine.
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Re:“Open Source” Seeds Loosen Big Ag’s Grip on Farmers by pfdietz on Friday February 10, 2023 @04:13PM (#34745918)
And if you then spray Roundup on that trash to concentrate the patented trait, you've deliberately violated the patent.
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Re:“Open Source” Seeds Loosen Big Ag’s Grip on Farmers by UncleEntity on Friday February 10, 2023 @07:01PM (#34747830)
Just like selling a used book violates the copyright?
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Re:“Open Source” Seeds Loosen Big Ag’s Grip on Farmers by pfdietz on Friday February 10, 2023 @08:12PM (#34748415)
No, obviously not like that at all. In particular, growing plants is copying them. Also, patents are not copyrights.
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Re:“Open Source” Seeds Loosen Big Ag’s Grip on Farmers by quantified on Saturday February 11, 2023 @02:38AM (#34750392)
I entered no contract with the patent holder.

I get what you're saying from that perspective. It's just BS.

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Re:“Open Source” Seeds Loosen Big Ag’s Grip on Farmers by pfdietz on Saturday February 11, 2023 @07:04AM (#34751615)
You don't get out of obeying the law just because you didn't sign anything. Nor is really really wanting to a justification for violating the law.

Patented seeds are not something you would have come up with yourself. This is pure envy creating a sense of entitlement.

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