Re: Do-it-yourself corn breeding

Roberto Verzola (rverzola@phil.gn.apc.org)
30 Oct 99 13:22:57

>Okay, Okay! lets deal with this head on. If I am smart and organized
>enough to come up with superior varieties, what is wrong with my
>protecting them from people who would steal them? Don't I have a
>right to earn a living?

Yes, it is good to deal with this issue head on. What do you mean,
steal them? You took the varieties from the public pool, didn't you?
Once you release your breeding results, they're back to the public
pool, and the public is entitled to use them. That's what all farmers
have been doing. Earning a living has nothing to do with stealing from
the public pool.

Roberto

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