We, as a small group of individuals who like making things, really ought to consider participating with the following:
http://www.x-plane.com/x-world/lawsuit/...If you (a.) are eligible to participate, and (b.) despise legal injustices.
If you've never heard of X-Plane, it's a flight simulator that provides a simulation environment which can deliver highly realistic results for known aircraft and flight vehicles for which information is available, and quite accurate results for realistically built and defined aircraft that otherwise would only exist on paper. And it's made by a team that might just amount to three principal members (making HLP seem very substantial in the dev department). They've made a product that is used by both enthusiasts at home and professionals in industry, outlasted MS Flight Sim, and take a level of pride in their work that puts most other software companies to shame.
...And they're getting sued by patent trolls. Principally, the creator, Austin Meyer, is getting sued by a company that buys patents and then charges royalties to people who may make use of such technology. These companies don't make anything except money from those they victimize. They're ****ing scam artists.
If this infuriates you, and you wouldn't mind signing a petition, try clicking on the link above. I'm not sure that many signatures can be garnered by Feb. 15th, but one can at least try. If you inhabit Reddit or what have you, consider spreading this there if you please. This isn't intended to be spam, of course, but I think it relates a pertinent issue to us and anyone who may consider themselves indie developers.
