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Originally Posted by Heritage
My model was originally inspired by Carol Knapp and the royalties she paid to a certain breeder a few years back. I'm not sure if she still does it, but, at the time, I thought it was a genuine, thoughtful gesture.  Certainly no breeder is going to get rich on the royalties I, or any single vendor pays them, regardless of the percentage. (e.g., my 2013 royalty check to Fred Hempel for sales of 'Blush' won't even buy him a double latte) However, if every vendor paid a small royalty to breeders, it would total a nice income and possibly provide an incentive to develop new OP varieties.
Steve |
Yours and Carol's is the model I've explained to the kids when we've talked about selling seeds & plants.
I described it as no different than with software, we make the investment in time to write something, then everyone who wants it pays a fee rather than trying to create it themselves.
The advantage with software is you can put a license key on it, where you have to go with F1's from secret parents to do the same for seeds.