[casual_games] Gameplay patents

[Jason Van Anden]

> If id Software had wanted to croak everyone and not let anyone else make a

> new FPS, then that's their right. They INVENTED it!!!


Maybe they would have licensed their invention rather than wield it as
a competitive  weapon.  Beta vs VHS.  Used this way a patent might
help maintain quality and cooperation within an industry (possibly not
the best example of the quality argument, more meant to exhibit
different strategies for leveraging a patent).

Jason Van Anden
www.smileproject.com