The title states that patent-free is the future, but the article only says that it should be the future. I don't see that happening, as companies would rather p

The title states that patent-free is the future, but the article only says that it should be the future. I don't see that happening, as companies would rather pool their resources and make a closed standard (where they each have both a stake and some control) than use an open standard where their competitors may have zero stake, and the governance is provided by essentially whoever shows up and wants to govern.