I think there is some misunderstanding regarding the purpose of this thread, guys. And do correct me if I am wrong.
This thread is meant not to speculate or post about how the lawsuit is going to affect XenForo or who is going to win the lawsuit. It is from a purely customer point of view, as the title "How will the Lawsuit affect customers?" suggests.
We are not asking anyone, not even the XenForo team, to come here and post or guarantee us that the accusations / lawsuit are baseless and shall not stand, which I am already pretty sure they are. We all realize that only time shall tell us how this is going to work out and may I once again wish the XenForo team the VERY BEST.
At the moment, we are only trying to understand that if things do not go as we all are hoping they do, (that XenForo TOTALLY kicks IB's behind, regarding sales as well as in court), what could be the impact on customers. We are all going on a new path with XenForo, and I personally think that this would have crossed all of our minds.
This happens to be the only point where I am a bit shy of buying a license right now.