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Open Source Life?

Posted by michael on from the just-slightly-ahead-of-its-time dept.

JimCricket writes "What happens when a bio-cracker unleashes a plant virus on all the wheat in North America, and the genetic code to 'Wheat 2.0' is closed-source, patented code owned by a corporation? Should life be Open Source? Download Aborted takes a look at this issue."

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  1. +1 Scary by ericspinder · · Score: 5, Interesting
    All he needs is a flashlight and a campfire.

    What he doesn't say is something that I found in following the link canadians.org to the information page on this issue, there you can find a link to the Judgement from May 21, it found that:

    Tests of their 1998 canola crop revealed that 95-98 per cent was Roundup Ready Canola
    Sounds to me that they found it in a little more than that ditch as he claims. It's still an interesting read, and does raise some good questions. Like "who owns life"
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    The grass is only greener, if you don't take care of your own lawn.