Interview in Byte with Chris Sontag/SCO and FUD relating toBSDsettlement agreement

Wilko Bulte wkb at freebie.xs4all.nl
Wed Jun 18 03:44:51 PDT 2003


On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 12:06:13PM +0200, Wilko Bulte wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 02:50:00AM -0700, Terry Lambert wrote:
> > Wilko Bulte wrote:
> > > > > Where can one find a copy of the settlement agreement?
> > > >
> > > > Since it's part of a sealed court record, with non-disclosure
> > > > agreements required of both parties as the only publically
> > > > acknowledged part of the agreement, you would have to file a
> > > > Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) request to view the settlement.
> > > 
> > > Pfff.. sealed court record. Something you expect of a child abuse
> > > court case, not for a argument about bloody source code.
> > 
> > Most settled cases result in a sealed record.  It's one of
> > the main incentives to settle: so that the publicity doesn't
> > damage your business, in case you act like an idiot.  8-).
> 					         ^
> 						 ^ exactly my point ;)

 Or: in the case of child abuse: "to protect the innocent"
     in the case of the source code: "to protect the idiots" 8-))

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