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This shows a clear link between Free Software and Free Seeds movement, between José Bové & RMS...

- See also http://www.grain.org/i/?id=38 : "What do traditional farmers have in common with those taking part in the free software movement? [...] They all have monopoly as their main opponent. Hackers from the free software movement fight for the code they develop and use to be free. Farmers, on the other hand, try to protect the species they have long been growing from becoming monopolized by multinational enterprises, which are interested in obtaining a patent on the seeds. In the last case, the code to be protected is a genetic one. Both farmers and programmers are, in reality, fighting for the same cause: free knowledge. "

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