Thank you. This has been my main worry with this situation. MPEG LA been very successful preventing competition in the video space because, to quote Steve Jobs

Thank you. This has been my main worry with this situation. MPEG LA been very successful preventing competition in the video space because, to quote Steve Jobs "all video codecs are covered by patents". Microsoft has tried to scare Linux startups by claiming it infringes on their patents. Honeywell claims to own smart thermostats and is suing to secure its position. I don't want a world where after the first 5-10 years of an industry no new players can enter because the entrenched companies own it legally. Patents as they exist today don't translate to the fast iterative software world. We need to restrict patents to 2 or 3 years. Give the innovator a runway, first-mover advantage. Owning a scroll animation for 20 years is insane.