Yeah. The greatest heist a troll can pull is to get a patent forced on everyone by law. I always thought that once the government mandates the use of a specifi

Yeah. The greatest heist a troll can pull is to get a patent forced on everyone by law. I always thought that once the government mandates the use of a specific technology, it should automatically force the patent into the public domain. Anything else sets up a set of incentives that are just a bit more than way too perverse for the public good.