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FlightPrep, the patent owner, posted this response to the issue: http://blog.flightprep.com/2010/12/regarding-runwayfinder-shutting-down.html http://blog.fligh

• jessriedel 16y ago
  Definitely good to see the other side's response, but the post immediately prompts the question: what does Parsons stand to gain if he is shutting down RunwayFinder in order to "try this case in the court of public opinion" as FlightPrep claims (rather than simply to avoid getting sued over his hobby)?
  • joe_the_user 16y ago
    Definitely good to see the other side's response and see what forked tongued baloney it is... "... our good faith offer to provide RunwayFinder a free license during negotiation for a constructive resolution to our dispute and absent any demands by FlightPrep" IANAL but, as others have said, "absent any demands" could be interpreted as "if you're willing to roll over and accept our utterly bogus patent. "constructive" just as much meaning "profitable to our rent-seeking schemes"... And somehow the pilots community is against software patents? I wouldn't imagine this an militant group of hacker. But after this experience, it seems they've learned a little bit...