Open-Source Vs. Proprietary
You no longer 'OWN' your John Deere tractor...or the generated remote sensing data.
If their 'licensed' software and hardware is used to generate data that you utilize to enable a new patent, MUST you pay John Deere a licensing fee? ('reach through')...evolving and case specific.
This IP business model is becoming endemic in UAV⁄remote sensing⁄IOT platforms across agriculture (Climate Corp., etc.).