> does it use any stolen ip? > The bigger question is, does it violate any patents? The former implies the latter. On the other hand if the IP isn't stolen b

> does it use any stolen ip? > The bigger question is, does it violate any patents? The former implies the latter. On the other hand if the IP isn't stolen but would still fall afoul of the patent then I would argue that the patent is wrongly provided. Patents don't exist to protect obvious implementations. I'm not a lawyer but we all know patent law is all kinds of fucked up.