Comments on: A general public license for seeds?

By: Quora

Quora — Thu, 08 May 2014 21:07:04 +0000

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The CELDF Strategy, and Similar Actions « Volatility — Sat, 19 May 2012 07:02:05 +0000

[…] are legally prevented from owning farms. That’s a great model right there. The General Public License for Plant Germplasm (GPLPG) is an attempt to bring the Creative Commons/general public license movement to the seed front, to […]

By: The Seed War (Parts 1 and 2) « EUROPE TURKMEN FRIENDSHIPS

The Seed War (Parts 1 and 2) « EUROPE TURKMEN FRIENDSHIPS — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 14:57:40 +0000

[…] be our own stewardship and propagation of our own heirloom seeds. Here’s one innovative idea for a legal framework for the seed commons. It would apply existing cooperative licensing to enshrine a system where anyone can innovate and […]

By: Sepp

Sepp — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 08:22:17 +0000

You should not take my (probably inadequate) rendition of the idea’s context for a true representation of what the GPLPG actually says.

To get a better idea of the specifics of the proposed license, please use this link

http://www.ukabc.org/seeds&sovereignty.pdf

to get the pdf of the actual proposal by Kloppenburg.

By: Equitas It Solutions

Equitas It Solutions — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 15:32:18 +0000

This is a great idea but this clause “but prevents any so licensed seeds or plants from being subsequently altered and made commercial” makes the GPLPG more analogous to Ceative Commons No Derivatives than the GNU General Public License. The latter specifically permits alteration of the original software, the creation of derivatives and makes no prohibition on selling either the original or derivatives.

Still an excellent idea though and I hope it succeeds!