Open source seeds...

Open source seeds...  The “open source” movement started with software, but seems to be spreading to all sorts of things in a generalized push-back against intellectual property (patents and copyrights) laws.  I've been watching open source electronic and mechanical hardware, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, music, and now plant seeds.  If these non-software open source movements follow the software path, we'll soon see the large companies joining in as they realize the economic benefits of shared development.  It's far from clear to me that this actually works outside of software – and even inside the software industry, so far it only works in limited areas (generally for software that is used by a great many companies)...