Are you arguing that if you have a patent you shouldn't be able to get royalties on it, or arguing that patents aren't even necessary? I don't understand your a

Are you arguing that if you have a patent you shouldn't be able to get royalties on it, or arguing that patents aren't even necessary? I don't understand your argument. Facebook can do whatever they want with their patents, including license any patents related to the specific software, just like they could sue other companies for patent infringement. You assume that I am making Acme out to be a victim, which isn't true. I'm arguing that Facebook should give a patent license that's more specific to the software they are licensing, e.g. React, Prepack, rather than a blanket license for any patents they ever get. For example, read the Apache 2 license, which is my preference for licenses that need a patent grant, as it's much more specific. You also assume that the strategy of getting patents is to use them to sue, which isn't true. You can get patents without suing, and the likely only reason you'd sue is if a company is willfully infringing upon a patent (e.g. won't license the patent).