That would be a rather silly thing to do, since an open source implementation would be prior art against such a patent. - Daniel Dulitz

When has prior art stopped anyone from getting a bad patent that some people can't afford to fight against? - Seth

Good point. Maybe I'll patent the business method of getting a bad patent that people can't afford to fight. And then when someone sues me for patent infringement I'll countersue with my business method patent. - Daniel Dulitz