i dont remember the exact quote, but John Carmack said this regarding the Carmack's reverse patent held by Creative: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_volume

i dont remember the exact quote, but John Carmack said this regarding the Carmack's reverse patent held by Creative: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_volume http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_volume "If you give 10 programmers a specific problem to solve, two will inevitably come up with the same solution and the one to first file a patent can sue the other."