World’s First Intrinsically Seedless Cannabis

[Rasterman]

I think this is a bad thing. It lets growers with money take advantage of work done by breeders for the past thousand years, and make money off of it without returning improvements to the community that developed the genetics they've taken advantage of.

What do you think?

Dark Heart Announces World’s First Intrinsically Seedless Cannabis for Commercial Producers

PistilGuard™ Seeds and Clones Minimize the Risk of Accidental Pollination and Seed Production - Greenhouse and Outdoor Growers Slash Production Costs...

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[Rasterman]

I think it's time for a creative commons or general public license for cannabis genetics. This development can ruin hobby and elite genetics alike and can put all the power in big cannabis. BC is lobbying against home growing, so I can see where this is going.

Edit: I said BC and after posting British Columbia pops into my mind and others. I meant "Big Cannabis."

I'm going to download the GPL and see how hard it would be to adapt.

If I get anywhere I'll post it here.

 

[Olderfart]

I think it's time for a creative commons or general public license for cannabis genetics. This development can ruin hobby and elite genetics alike and can put all the power in big cannabis. BC is lobbying against home growing, so I can see where this is going.

I'm going to download the GPL and see how hard it would be to adapt.

If I get anywhere I'll post it here.

BC as in British Columbia? Do you have a link on this?

 

[Rasterman]

BC as in British Columbia? Do you have a link on this?

I thought I should have avoided that acronym. I meant "Big Cannabis."

 

[Olderfart]

I thought I should have avoided that acronym. I meant "Big Cannabis."

OK, thanks for getting back. I very much doubt that Big Cannabis or anyone else can put much of a limit on cannabis genetics in the hands of home growers now. That genie is long out of the bottle, and can't be stuffed back in however much commercial interests would prefer otherwise. Most of the nice genetics out there now are based on strains developed while there was a war on against cultivation of any kind. Breeding could not be stopped then, and stopping it now would be far more difficult, IMO impossible. Which works for me.

 

[Rasterman]

OK, thanks for getting back. I very much doubt that Big Cannabis or anyone else can put much of a limit on cannabis genetics in the hands of home growers now. That genie is long out of the bottle, and can't be stuffed back in however much commercial interests would prefer otherwise. Most of the nice genetics out there now are based on strains developed while there was a war on against cultivation of any kind. Breeding could not be stopped then, and stopping it now would be far more difficult, IMO impossible. Which works for me.

Everything you said is true. But growing is too much exposure and risk for a lot of people unless it's legal. Many of us feel we have contributions to make and would hate to be shut down by lobbying.

 

[Randar]

I think, though, that this is where the industry has been headed for a long time. $$$ for "unique" or "rare" genetics drives up profit and greed amongst breeders, leading to these "beneficial" discoveries.

That being said, I also believe that it's not a big deal at all for us. Yes, big cannabis is pushing back against home grow. Big deal. All of us easily have the power to literally flood the world with seeds. The collections I've seen posted on here, with just the tiniest bit of effort, could easily lead to so many seeds that people wouldn't know what to do with them.

 

[Rasterman]

I think, though, that this is where the industry has been headed for a long time. $$$ for "unique" or "rare" genetics drives up profit and greed amongst breeders, leading to these "beneficial" discoveries.

That being said, I also believe that it's not a big deal at all for us. Yes, big cannabis is pushing back against home grow. Big deal. All of us easily have the power to literally flood the world with seeds. The collections I've seen posted on here, with just the tiniest bit of effort, could easily lead to so many seeds that people wouldn't know what to do with them.

Good point. That's still a good reason to release genetics under a free license though, to keep big cannabis from stealing those genetics whenever they want to.

 

[jdm61]

So when did the "everything should be free" stuff start up? The 60's? Because even with Lenin's attempt at a society with no money, stuff was not truly free.

 

[Rasterman]

I wasn't saying that everything should be free. I'm saying that it would be nice to have some open-source genetics to protect some strains from being exploited.