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Re:“Open Source” Seeds Loosen Big Ag’s Grip on Farmers by skratlo on Friday February 10, 2023 @06:25PM (#34747441)
> few pay attention to the fact that most grains are protected or even patented

Government and legislative failure. Just protect the seeds by disallowing any protection/patenting, for the public good, that's why we pay taxes.

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Re:“Open Source” Seeds Loosen Big Ag’s Grip on Farmers by gleenn on Friday February 10, 2023 @10:37PM (#34749343)
It goes beyond country boundaries. There was an interesting case where China stole I think it was specialized corn to begin producing their own instead of spending large sums by buying the product or IP.
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Re:“Open Source” Seeds Loosen Big Ag’s Grip on Farmers by eclipticplane on Saturday February 11, 2023 @01:49AM (#34750175)
Another interesting case was PepsiCo suing farmers in India over a variety of potato. A few years later, PepsiCo withdrew their suit... only to have a group of farmers continue to press the claim and have the courts rule that PepsiCo couldn't patent a seed.

https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/india-revokes-pa...

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