Lol at talking about a permissionless world and meanwhile believing patents hold merit.
Two different systems, each governing different spheres of activity.
While we don't all get a chance to write the rules, we all must live within them.
And yet these two "systems" are not so separate as you try to make them appear, are they?
I dunno. How similar is a frog to an apple?
Would you be honest enough to criticize Craig, if you knew he was wrong?
Sure. He's already made a lot of bone headed statements already. No, I'm not going to enumerate them.
What's that got to do with the nexus between open source and patents? Or Craig challenging JPM on a patent infringement issue, for that matter? Unless you want to make the claim that nChain has not a patent infringed upon by JPM. Which may be the case- I don't know. But my suspicion is that Craig's claim -- at least in this case -- may indeed be true. He can't simultaneously have a mound of patents (for which core sycophants regularly excoriate him), and not have any patents.
I don't have anything to add to the patent discussion. I just find it curious that you always rush to Craig's defense.