The OSI are opposed to software patents anyway, so I doubt that they have a problem with them becoming worthless. "Freedom" is an empty slogan in this regard.

The OSI are opposed to software patents anyway, so I doubt that they have a problem with them becoming worthless. "Freedom" is an empty slogan in this regard. Copyleft licenses have long restricted your freedom, the idea being that there are colliding "freedoms" under some circumstances and it's for the greater good of society to restrict some peoples "freedom" (those creating derivative works) for the benefit of of the end-user.