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Re: [OT] Linux for Lettuce



On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 08:24:59AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:

> Hell of an idea.  That patenting of germplasm was a bad idea, and will 
> forever be a bad idea.  This should begin to level the playing field 
> between the monsantos, and syngenta's of the world.  I've seen this 
> before, but when monsanto sued Percy Smyth was when it should have been 
> slapped down once and for all time.  He is the canadian farmer who got 
> sued and lost, because the wind blew pollen into his fields from a 
> neighbors patented wheat.

You might want to research what really happened in that case (Smyth paid
nothing, for starters).
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