Re: SFLC's GPL court enforcement -- track record

[Hyman Rosen]

Rahul Dhesi wrote:
> I'm inclined to think that at least one of the parties would be harmed
> or embarrassed if the settlement became public -- otherwise they would
> have just posted it, on or near the same web page where the complaint
> was posted.
>
>   http://www.softwarefreedom.org/news/2007/dec/07/busybox/
>   http://www.softwarefreedom.org/news/2007/dec/07/busybox/verizon.pdf

Except that complaints have to be very formal because they're
filed with a court. A settlement is a private agreement between
parties, and it can be as formal or informal as they want. In
any case, there is no reason that the fine details need to be
made public, and the general tendency of lawyers is to keep
things quiet, because what you don't say can't hurt you.