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Why choose the word landmine? What's wrong with, say, a hammer?
by sosborn 11y ago
Why choose the word landmine? What's wrong with, say, a hammer?
- brlewis 11y agoHammers aren't used to exclude people from a path they might otherwise blissfully follow.
- sosborn 11y agoI guess I disagree with the idea that patents are inherently bad. Like hammers they can be used to build or to destroy.
- ycombobreaker 11y agoYou simply aren't using enough hammers! Though seriously, I think the term landmine is loaded toward using patents exclusively as a troll. A wider analogy could be like a toll bridge, where the builder should be compensated by travelers. Some tolls could be usurious, but that wouldn't invalidate the whole principle.