Catmull's work is one of my favorite arguments against software patents. Can you imagine where we would(n't) be today if he'd patented all of those core 3D gra

Catmull's work is one of my favorite arguments against software patents. Can you imagine where we would(n't) be today if he'd patented all of those core 3D graphics algorithms and allowed them to end up in the hands of a Nathan Myhrvold or a Lodsys?