There's a supreme court case on this issue going on now: http://rt.com/usa/supreme-court-monsanto-patent-615/ http://rt.com/usa/supreme-court-monsanto-patent-61

There's a supreme court case on this issue going on now: http://rt.com/usa/supreme-court-monsanto-patent-615/ http://rt.com/usa/supreme-court-monsanto-patent-615/ The question is how far the licensing terms reach. The software companies support Monsanto's seed claims because they don't want people pirating software.