I don't think the BSD/MIT licenses will stop the patent-abusers from using your code because (as I understand them) they say "Here's the code, do whatever you w

I don't think the BSD/MIT licenses will stop the patent-abusers from using your code because (as I understand them) they say "Here's the code, do whatever you want with it. Just keep the copyright notice on." If you want to stop your code from being sucked into a black hole, a more "restrictive" license like the GPL would be your best bet. I would recommend the GPL because it's well-known and a lot of people have some idea of what the terms are, as opposed to something like the Apache license, which people might have to look up.