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Here is a nice document about their approach to “evangelism”

http://www.groklaw.net/pdf/Comes-3096.pdf

And some nice documentation on patent trolling to make the commons financially unviable, this destroyed lives: http://techrights.org/2007/10/22/lasuit-evolution-linux/

And examples of when they paid folks to go spread a bunch of misinformation about the commons: http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/AstroTurfing



I know there was a concerted FUD effort and much dirty playing, including all the stuff you are pointing out. What I specifically didn't see is usage of mental illness as a weapon against OSS.


It’s part of their documented strategy in the evangelism document. Section 11: Mopping Up.

I’ll update my comment to read “mental deficiency” instead of mental illness for accuracy. I overstated.

(Update: I’ve lost my edit button on the original post)


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