Re:Why stop coding? (Score 2, Interesting)

Because it`s their only weapon, they do not have the resources to sue a big corp.
The only way to pressure them is to (hopefully temporary) stop development of xvid. By ignoring & continueing development you would give them a free ride.
"Hey now we can use GPL source from other projects too, they don`t sue anyway ! And those code monkeys keep improving it for free ;p "