I'll be paying close attention to how cumbersome the OSSI pledge is to me.
I feel perfectly fine about donating my varieties to the public domain. I don't like the part of the OSSI pledge that purports to bind the recipients of seed to the pledge... OSSI asked me to donate some varieties. I have had close ties with some of the members of the board for years, and I respect the members I know immensely. Others on the board are legends in the seed breeding culture: The kind of people that I like to associate with. As far as I can tell, the pledge is not legally binding. It's more of an ethics statement made by seed breeders and by the seed companies that collaborate with them. It provides a simple mechanism to share varieties and royalties.
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