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Gabe15 · 07-13-2008, 05:41 PM

I just talked to some wholesale growers, and one told me that royalties may be payed to anyone who introduces a new plant to the company, no matter where it came from (wild collected, thru breeding, TC sport etc...). These are from contracts drawn up between the seller and whoever gave them the plant, and do not need to involve any sort of patent. In this case it would be a "thanks" to the donor, and not a restriction on propagation for others who acquire it, unless they included that in the contract in some form.

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