'Propagation illegal without a licence'?

I don't think you will have any arguments about that Sam, it's just when certain people or organizations take it to extremes.

I really don't understand this taxi thing. The material is being broadcast, we no longer require a license to listen to it...so what's the problem?????

 

Its worth remembering that licences dont apply to the species plants, only to specially bred hybrids.

I dont think i would take much notice really, but then i'm not growing commercially, the only plants i 'produce' get given to freinds rather than being sold.

 

Yea, where would us gardeners be without swaps, that's part of the fun of the whole gardening and growing thing.:thumb:

 

absolafullatutely

 

"Lollipop is not the licence holder nor does she need to be
The whole purpose of the legislation is to stop the unlawful commercialisation of someone else's hard graft
That is something that I am in favour of, whether it be plants or recordings"

So how is a friend of Lollipop's, or even a friend-of-a-friend, suppose to know that they should NOT commercialise something that they thought they got for free?

Personally I think the whole thing is nuts. Breeders can use tissue-culture to bulk up plants sufficiently quickly that they can market them without needing to resort to "though shalt not propagate for personal gain" litigiousness.

If you had to wait for a Tulip to divide it would ages ...

If the economics don't stack up to breed something then they should forget about it and breed something that is economically justifiable.

What they save in lawyers fees and customer-annoyance should pretty much cover it

 

Well he did keep it clean, heh,heh:rolleyes:

 

The Chinese Government does not seem to be as clever as the French, their National Assembly changed to Ubuntu (Linux) last year and the Gendarmerie is in the process of changing over. They expect to save 70,000,000 euro's per year. They're the first, other's will follow, open source software will gain in popularity. Perhaps the competition will force MS and their "Partners" to reduce their prices.

I support Free Open Source Software.

Regarding cuttings, I have seven Shirley Tomato plants which I grew from cuttings. I hadn't thought of trying to propagate these until some one mentioned it on a website, and it works.

 

Either their prices come down drastically and speedily or they risk becoming obsolete.

My brother mentioned this system to me and I meant to have a good look-thanks for reminding me