Seeds Open Source License: a license to release the seeds - Health Nutrition

"Open Source principles had already spread to relatively remote areas of software, such as the Open Hardware  or the Open Design . But the project  Open Source Seeds  offers  a model contract  to place the seeds under a free license.  At first glance, the idea may seem rather incongruous because we badly sees that seed may have in common with the software and why they need free licenses. But be aware that plant varieties may be the subject of intellectual property rights, whether through  plant variety certificates (COV)  in Europe or  the United States patents . Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) can also be protected by  patents , filed by large companies such as Monsanto, whose actions raise more and more concerns and protests .  A form of  copyleft  'green' is it possible for the seeds remain commons? The question needs to be asked! ..."