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“Open Source” Seeds Loosen Big Ag’s Grip on Farmers (worldsensorium.com)
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[–] wintermute@feddit.de 6 points 2 years ago

I am excited to be planting the first OS-seeds this year that someone on matrix has donated to me : )

[–] JackFromWisconsin@midwest.social 5 points 2 years ago

It's disgusting that plants are copyrighted.

"got a license to grow those seeds?"

it's a fucking plant.

[–] sexy_peach@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago

Even if these aren't used by a lot of farmers, them existing and being available is so awesome. Really makes me happy.

[–] derek 5 points 2 years ago

Open source is like a pressure valve for how much companies can screw people over. I hope this becomes a big thing.

[–] sndrtj@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

Looks like the intend is similar to the GPL in software. However, the word "pledge" seems a little vague to me. Also the article makes it seem as it there is no intellectual property behind Open Source seeds. If so, than that looks like a mistake, at least from the software perspective I'm having. In software copy-left licenses only work because copyright law exists, as copyright law allows the creator to formulate the license. Permissive open source licenses are subject to patenting and exploitation by corporate entities.