I doubt very much that Myhrvold has a guilty conscience. There is no reason for him to have one, anyway: he's just exploiting the current nature of the patent s

I doubt very much that Myhrvold has a guilty conscience. There is no reason for him to have one, anyway: he's just exploiting the current nature of the patent system. That is called "acting rationally" (assuming that his venture works out, which isn't at all clear).