I've interacted with Mike a few times via the Tcl newsgroup, and he seems like an alright person in general. While you may not approve of his actions, you seem

I've interacted with Mike a few times via the Tcl newsgroup, and he seems like an alright person in general. While you may not approve of his actions, you seem to be defending them because he acted like an "alright person" a couple of times in a newsgroup. You're acting like he saw someone drop a $20 on the ground and took it for himself. I think a lot of people, when presented with an opportunity to go for zillions of dollars would take it. Well, yes, patent trolls are pretty common nowadays. This doesn't make their actions less terrible.