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Open Source Seeds to fight to keep agriculture free! (www.opensourceseeds.org)

submitted 10 months ago by fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works to c/solarpunk@slrpnk.net

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Open Source principles applied to biotech is a way we can today fight against the capture of oligarchical seed companies of the very foods we all need to live. Check out here to see what organizations in your area are part of the Global Coalition of Open Source Seed Initiatives (GOSSI).

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[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The very idea of "copyright" seeds is both mind boggling and abhorrent.

[–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago

As someone that generally dislikes the idea of copyright, I don't disagree.

[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 2 points 9 months ago

It should be "copyleft" without a way of relicensing. It comes from the commons and you shouldn't be able to lock away derivatives.