When I learnt about it, I thought "Facebook wants to kill patent laws" which I believe is a good thing. What if Facebook starts a foundation where every member

When I learnt about it, I thought "Facebook wants to kill patent laws" which I believe is a good thing. What if Facebook starts a foundation where every member makes the same kind of agreement. "Sue one of us over patents, we'll all withdraw our patent grants from you". That might end the patent craziness. This hockey stick (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent#/media/File:US_patents_1790-2008.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent#/media/File:US_patents_...) shows the problem with patents clearly: what worked 200 years ago can't work the same today. The world is moving much faster than ever, yet patents are still granted for very long times. At this rate, how can you expect to NOT infringe on a patent? Everybody's paying huge sums to lawyers to play what has become a null-sum game in the end. I think Facebook illustrates this: "sue me for infringement, and I'll do my best to show you're infringing too". Null-sum game.