OT: Clones (was: Linguistic term for ease of changing word-class (was: 'out-' affix in conlangs?))

On 2008-08-17 ROGER MILLS wrote:
> Borrowed katóç 'clone of a human being' < Galactic "ktosh". They
> haven't tried this yet-- one aspect of Galactic technology they're a
> little suspicious of........ (I think ktosh is from Larry Niven; John
> Cowan (probably) mentioned it long ago.)
>
>
How does your (not just Roger's) concultures
handle the issue of human (or other higher
sentient being) clones.  Are they socially
and legally equal to natural people or are
they a lower caste/slaves?  Both Star Wars
and Bladerunner make their engineered humans
be physically and mentally different, and in
both cases shorter life span is a key
ingredient.  How have other SF authors
handled the theme?

None of my concultures is SF, but I guess
that the Sohlosjan may at least believe in
the possibility of a clone produced by
magic or alchemy (which for everybody but
practicing alchemists would amount to the
same thing!)

/BP

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