> Most farmers do not replant their seeds And many do, for seeds where it works. > do you oppose patenting lifeforms on principle? I oppose applying patents

> Most farmers do not replant their seeds And many do, for seeds where it works. > do you oppose patenting lifeforms on principle? I oppose applying patents in a way that violates a "first sale doctrine" kind of thing. That is, once you have sold me seeds, they should be my property, and you should not have a say in how I use them. (Edited to add: Even if, yes, in a certain deliberately technical sense, the DNA in those seeds amounts to "derivative works" or "copies" of the DNA contained in what you sold me.) If that makes patents on lifeforms worthless, that's fine with me. But no, "no patents on lifeforms" is not the principle I start from.