[bdowling]

For the EFF, the letter and article is an easy opportunity to both (1) help out someone described as an activist and social worker and (2) take cheap jabs at the patent system. This both furthers the goal of the EFF presenting itself as a civil liberties organization, and also pleases the EFF's big anti-patent sponsors like Google. That's a win-win. It's low-hanging fruit and easy to justify having their attorney spend the afternoon on.