Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 12:44:48 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: jgrosch@MooseRiver.com Subject: Re: Interview in Byte with Chris Sontag/SCO and FUD relating toBSDsettlement agreement Message-ID: <20030618104448.GA68146@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20030618100613.GA67909@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <3EEF00E4.9000908@freebsd.mheller.org> <20030617121424.GA11867@mooseriver.com> <3EF01817.3186204C@mindspring.com> <20030618084510.GB67404@freebie.xs4all.nl> <3EF035C8.FF957A9B@mindspring.com> <20030618100613.GA67909@freebie.xs4all.nl>
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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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