They don't have to do any such thing. All they have to do is disclose the invent...

brazzledazzle · on Sept 20, 2017

I think it's more meant as a mutually assured destruction strategy.

CamperBob2 · on Sept 20, 2017

Actually evgen makes an interesting counterargument to my point below:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15291093

Still, the result is an arms race among land-mine manufacturers. Nobody wins but the undertakers and the orthopedic surgeons... or in this case the lawyers.