As usual, the majority of tech blogs and pundits didn't go beyond Twitter's press release to truly understand what this move actually means.
Fortunately Marco Arment did.
This agreement has been given all the loopholes needed for Twitter to continue to do pretty much anything they want with the patents their engineers create. It basically amounts to nothing more than a ploy for PR and good will from consumers.
Read More: http://www.marco.org/2012/04/18/twitter-patent-agreement
Beyond The Press Release: Twitter’s “Innovator’s Patent Agreement”
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