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Update. Turns out that John #Deere has been using open code under the #GPL w/o living up to the license. The Software Freedom Conservancy (@conservancy) is calling on it to comply — which would greatly enhance #farmers' #RightToRepair.
https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2023/mar/16/john-deere-gpl-violations/

"We…publicly call on John Deere to immediately resolve all of its outstanding GPL violations…by providing complete source code…that the GPL & other copyleft licenses require, to the farmers & others who are entitled to it."

#OpenSource


A curious U.S. ambassador and the American family who patented #poinsettia varieties are behind the holiday ubiquity of a plant that originated in Mexico. But because most poinsettia varieties are patented in the U.S. and have international protections, Mexican farmers have been forced to pay breeder's rights fees to grow and sell them.

#axios #axioslatino #mexico #christmas #farmers #latam #latinos

https://www.axios.com/2022/12/13/poinsettia-history-mexico-christmas-plant