If even remotely fact what you suggest here, I see two antipodal trajectories the authors secretly huddled and voted on:

1. As John Napier, who freely, generously, gifted his `Mirifici' for the benefit of all.

2. Here we go, patent trolls, have at it. OpenAI, et al burning midnight oil to grab as much real estate on this to erase any (even future?) debt stress, deprecating the AGI Philospher's Stone to first owning everything conceivable from a new miraculous `my precious' ring, not `open', closed.