So what is the difference between this agreement and simply publishing the guts ...

Drbble · on April 17, 2012

Twitters version allows defense against trolls like Apple.

rmc · on April 18, 2012

publishing the guts of a patent in a public way

Aren't all patents publically published for anyone to see? You can see them, you just can't use them. Patents ≠ Trade Secrets.

aheilbut · on April 17, 2012

This way, they could use a patent covering A as a weapon against another party that is attacking based on an unrelated patent B.