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No, I think it means that the patents will never end up in the hands of people that just plan to use them as weapons to extort other companies vs. their actual
by ascendant 14y ago
No, I think it means that the patents will never end up in the hands of people that just plan to use them as weapons to extort other companies vs. their actual useful purpose, which is to protect innovators from having their hard work ripped off.
- nilsbunger 14y agoAre you saying you couldn't use any Twitter patents for any purpose yourself? I don't understand what would prevent you from doing so...
- _delirium 14y agoTwitter can still use the patents offensively if the engineer whose name is on the patent agrees. They're just committing not to do so against the will of the inventor.