Absolutely, getting that authorisation would be great, but for now we have neither the authorisation itself nor a clear timeline when (if at all) that would happen. And until then people are discouraged from starting or continuing to develop any projects (including a few mentioned in this thread) related to alternative implementations of Swift due to the risk of patent infringement.
It's also worrying that there was no proactive communication about these patents. If Apple at the time of patent application issued a statement upfront and clearly said "we've applied for these patents because this and that could happen and here is the precedent and here's the best plan to avoid that" it would have been perceived in much better way.