[bjblazkowicz]

This is like metallica trying to patent a guitar riff.

[deckar01]

It is more like some person trying to assert copyright over all the ways you can add, remove, or change the notes in one of Metallica's guitar riffs.

[VeejayRampay]

It is more like it's impossible to use a metaphor in the programming world without someone correcting you with a different metaphor :)