I'm sure Joe's intentions have been pretty good all along. Certainly Shave has in the past been one of very few tools that worked even a little bit well enough for production in this area, especially at a price that small shops could afford.
However, I can say that he has made a number of people, mostly paying customers of his, very very unhappy on some occasions though his actions or inactions. This action does not seem to help, but due to the completely insane world of US Patent Law, it is entirely possible that Joe is virtually required to act like a total %#$@^@$ whether he wants to or not. And if he's actually pursuing legal action, he also likely won't legally be able to say anything about the situation to the world at large until the courts decide, or a settlement is reached. You might or might not agree that software patents are a good thing, but they are the law of the land, and if you go to the trouble of filing for and receiving patent protection and believe your patent to be infringed upon, you damn well better take action. Of course there are many ways in which to do this, starting with a friendly phone call. It's frankly not very cool of Yeti to publicly blame him for the situation without any description of the events leading up to this point.
