I don&#x27;t. Whether it&#x27;s relevant to computers or patent law I don&#x27;t know, but there are certain areas where it&#x27;s seen as important that the victim is denied the right to absolve the perpetrator. For example, this comes up a lot in domestic abuse cases.<p>(not to say that these kind of domestic abuse policies don&#x27;t have their own controversy... but nonetheless the situation isn&#x27;t a cut-and-dry obviously-this-is-better type of thing)