New law makes it illegal to sell or gift seeds that are not patented. I struggle to believe that, it seems so obscene!https://twitter.com/gchelwa/status/880521402146840576 …
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Replying to @CarterPaddy
I don't believe that - makes no sense. The conspiratorial stuff at the end about the Gates Foundation makes me doubt the whole piece
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Replying to @DanNeidle @CarterPaddy
@gchelwa Law (Pt III.14) applies to 'new, distinct, uniform, stable varieties' - not traditional ones (hybrids not suited for saving anyway)1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @MForstater @DanNeidle and
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@QuicoToro on the movement to#freetheseed (..brought to you by the same ppl behind the Honest Accounts report) https://boringdevelopment.wordpress.com/2015/03/24/freetheseed-and-the-romanticization-of-ugandas-hunger/ …1 reply 2 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @MForstater @DanNeidle and
if I bought some GM plants, can I give the seeds to a neighbour so they can replant?
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Replying to @_alice_evans @MForstater and
Presumably not, or nobody could make a business out of GM seeds?
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Replying to @DanNeidle @_alice_evans and
Not just GM. F1 hybrids don’t breed true, but are higher yielding than trad varieties. It’s biology, not law.
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sorry, that was a question on law, not if the gift/ gross violation of IP would be fruitful.
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In general growers buying GM seed sign agreement not to save seed or supply to anyone for planting eg see Monsanto https://bangmosnowdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/monsanto-technology-stewardship-agreement-2015-2-pages.pdf …
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