You are assuming that the patent system as it stands rewards people who have ideas Sorry, I should have been clearer: I am describing the purpose of the patent

You are assuming that the patent system as it stands rewards people who have ideas Sorry, I should have been clearer: I am describing the purpose of the patent system, not the current application of the patent system. As I said, the actual application of the patent system is horribly broken. My question was whether or not the underlying assumptions that created the patent system in the first place will still be valid or not once everything becomes bits.