Ralph Wallis wrote:
pedanty isn't a word, and the original poster mentioned "denying root access", which is an analogy.
Damn, I spent ages looking up that word. M-W doesn't list it, true, so here it is from http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=pedanty pedanty \Ped"ant*y\, n. An assembly or clique of pedants. [Obs.] Just because it's obsolete doesn't mean I can't use it. Froom, froom and more froom... The mistaken claimed lack of analogy was a slip on my part. Sorry.
Your understanding of patent law is flawed.
Instead of just miserably pointing out "oh, you're wrong", it'd be infinitely more helpful if you could at least attempt to correct somebody on their errors. I don't know everything. Everyone makes mistakes. Thanks to georgemw for lending a hand though. .g -- "Sometimes I use google instead of pants."