Three takes on Steve Jobs’ decision to sue Android phone-maker HTC for iPhone patent infringements.

Philip Elmer-Dewitt who covers Apple online for Fortune has the story right, I think. His piece links to two others: a short and elegant open letter to Steve from Mac software developer Wil Shipley and a longish post by John Gruber at Daring Fireball that adds thoughtful context to the debate over software as intellectual property.