Propagation shall also include technical methods of extracting genetic information for the purpose of generating seeds with certain characteristics, including any methods that are unknown today. Propagation shall mean any type of reproduction, i.e. Seeds, within the meaning of this agreement, shall mean, dormant generative reproductive organs, such as seeds, fruits, pseudo-fruits, fruit clusters or parts thereof, as well as any vegetative plant organs from which whole plants can be generated – by whatever method –, as well as pollen, and all informational components therein, which have in each case been placed on the market underthe terms and conditions contained in this licence or has been obtained from such seeds through propagation or has been enhanced. The following definitions apply to this licence: In addition, the Beneficiary shall, in such cases, be entitled to require you to cease and desist and make a payment, as stipulated in this agreement (agreement to the benefit of third parties). Should you infringe the obligations arising from this licence agreement, you will forfeit your rights of use of the seeds or any seeds or enhancements obtained therefrom. Simultaneously, the licensing provisions oblige you, in turn, to subject any seeds or enhancements of the seeds obtained from the present seeds to these licensing provisions, and only to pass them on to third parties on these conditions (“copyleft”). You will in particular refrain from making any claim to plant variety rights, patent rights or any other statutorily possible exclusivity rights of the seeds or their propagation and enhancements. As a Licensee, you undertake to limit the use of these seeds or the propagation of them and enhancements vis-à-vis third parties exclusively to the manner stipulated in this licence.
WHAT SEED TO USE TO GENERATE LICENSE FREE
In order to achieve the objective of free use, enhancement, cultivation, dissemination and propagation of seeds, without there being a monopoly taken advantage of by individuals, any use of the seeds is only permissible in accordance with these licensing provisions.
The Beneficiary of the licence agreement is AGRECOL e.V., a registered association. The Licensor is the natural or legal person who hands over these seeds to you. The purpose of these provisions is the free use of seeds. Open source licence for seeds Licence agreement Preambleīy acquiring and using the seeds purchased under the terms and conditions of this licence agreement you, as the Licensee, accept the provisions of this licence agreement. These are the open-source rules, as they are legally formulated in the following licence agreement. Each recipient assigns the same rights and obligations to prospective users of seed and its further developments.No one, however, may privatize the seed and its developments - the licence excludes patent and plant variety protection.In addition, the seed and its developments may be transferred under existing laws, whether sold, exchanged or given away. Anyone may freely use open-source seed - that is, grow, propagate, develop it further and use it for breeding.Unusually for a licence, the open-source seed licence allows almost everything:
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