Sacha wrote in news:BCB6C1E8.1A522%
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Would you allow someone else use of them or your expertise and training
without payment?

Actually, yes, I do, often. Not to the point of destitution, but to the
point of helping someone out. So do you, I've noticed ;-).

I don't think the racehorse argument stacks up: you can't copy a racehorse,
you can only charge stud fees (I think that's more like selling seed).

I didn't mean to say that Hill House should not register its plants, and
certainly not to imply that running a nursery was free or even cheap!

I said that patenting a living thing is a different matter to patenting a
gadget.

I still think that.

As cloning becomes more widespread and more and more information of every
type moves into the private domain, I think we are going to see this sort
of debate more often!

Victoria

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gardening on a north-facing hill
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