John Carmack Quote

"The idea that I can be presented with a problem, set out to logically solve it with the tools at hand, and wind up with a program that could not be legally used because someone else followed the same logical steps some years ago and filed for a patent on it is horrifying." -- John Carmack

I believe this because a) I think it's entirely true, and b) because given the choice between agreeing John Carmack and not, the smarter play is to agree.