So.. This subject seems to come up a lot, less so here on ICm in particular, but a lot none the less.. My question for you breeders and pollen chucks is this; at what point does a line stop being someone else's work and start being your own material that you may do with what you wish without consent of the breeders before you?
There are some obvious ones.. Like making F2's of a breeder pack, slapping a new label on it and trying to sell it. That one is the clear black and white example of poor ethics in breeding. But what about making an F1 with another breeders work? Does a single outcrossing make that line 100% your own creation that you may trade with as you wish?
There are some breeders doing the absolute best they can with what they are given and others are more obvious examples of opportunists chucking pollen for dollars, jacking others genes and misrepresenting lines..
How does an ethical breeder behave? What are the obligations of a breeder to his predecessors?
Some questions I'd love to see answered, and trying to answer them myself only makes them seem more and more grey area and less cut and dry... Obviously a touchy subject for a lot of breeders out there!
Would love to see some discord on this to better understand the answers myself.
There are some obvious ones.. Like making F2's of a breeder pack, slapping a new label on it and trying to sell it. That one is the clear black and white example of poor ethics in breeding. But what about making an F1 with another breeders work? Does a single outcrossing make that line 100% your own creation that you may trade with as you wish?
There are some breeders doing the absolute best they can with what they are given and others are more obvious examples of opportunists chucking pollen for dollars, jacking others genes and misrepresenting lines..
How does an ethical breeder behave? What are the obligations of a breeder to his predecessors?
Some questions I'd love to see answered, and trying to answer them myself only makes them seem more and more grey area and less cut and dry... Obviously a touchy subject for a lot of breeders out there!
Would love to see some discord on this to better understand the answers myself.