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Date:      Wed, 18 Jun 2003 02:50:00 -0700
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
Cc:        jgrosch@MooseRiver.com
Subject:   Re: Interview in Byte with Chris Sontag/SCO and FUD relating  toBSDsettlement agreement
Message-ID:  <3EF035C8.FF957A9B@mindspring.com>
References:  <3EEF00E4.9000908@freebsd.mheller.org> <20030617121424.GA11867@mooseriver.com> <3EF01817.3186204C@mindspring.com> <20030618084510.GB67404@freebie.xs4all.nl>

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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-).

-- Terry



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