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		greedy_buffer on July 11, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cloudflare’s fight with a “patent troll” could alt... Interestingly, Blackbird has a patent portfolio that is not exclusive to software, although Cloudflare intends to invalidate them all.

protomyth on July 12, 2017 [–]

> although Cloudflare intends to invalidate them all.

Scorched earth doesn’t allow for half measures, plus leaving them with any patents would leave them with hope and we can’t have that.

chasd00 on July 12, 2017 | [–]

agreed. "I say we take off, nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure" - Aliens

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