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Golden Rice is under free licenses for developing countries, farmers are permitted to keep/reseed for free, if you're outside the specially permitted countries
by a_bonobo 10y ago
Golden Rice is under free licenses for developing countries, farmers are permitted to keep/reseed for free, if you're outside the specially permitted countries you get to keep the license for free if you stay below $10,000 earnings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_rice#Distribution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_rice#Distribution
There are also some off-patent GM varieties where the patent has expired, but the technology is so new. The first Monsanto Bt patent has expired in 2015, so now there's at least one variety from the University of Arkansas selling their own variety based on that patent: https://www.biofortified.org/2014/12/off-patent-gmo-soybeans-what-happens-now/ https://www.biofortified.org/2014/12/off-patent-gmo-soybeans...