I completely agree with it being about killing the public aspect. I'm wondering how this all /may/ fit into the long term view of patents for all parties menti

I completely agree with it being about killing the public aspect. I'm wondering how this all /may/ fit into the long term view of patents for all parties mentioned here. If an idea is born, and they have a good patent on it, there should be less to fear by having the idea out there in a public beta. Perhaps they are all thinking patents might not work so well long term, or how patents work being tweaked due to public pressure about anti-competition. (...and of course the dreadful waste of money revolving around patents, and especially enforcement.)