Apple intervene as a defendent in Lodsys lawsuit

I'm surprised enough by this to say 'Way to go, Apple!' I don't often cheer for corporations, but Apple is actually sticking their neck out on this one, and I have to applaud them for that.<p>I'm sure they have ulterior motives (developers might leave if they fear lawsuits) but Apple could easily have ignored this and gotten away with it, I think.

What would you think they’re supposed to do, wait till all the devs succumb?<p>Now as Apple’s a defendant, win or lose, it doesn’t matter.

I do not mean to be mean but past history has proven that FSOSSpatents is an astro-turf Lobbyist for Microsoft with at times many of its so-called expertise being somewhat wrong and devoid of factual basis.