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Germany Muzzles SCO
skyryder12 writes " We have news from Germany. It seems, according to Computerworld, that SCO Group GmbH (SCO's German branch) agreed, on February 18, 2004, to an out-of-court settlement between it and Univention and will refrain from saying in Germany some things it says in the US constantly. There are four things they have agreed not to say in Germany, on pain of a fine of 10,000 euros per offense -- that's about $12,500 USD -- and one thing they can't say unless they present proof within a month of the settlement date. Story at GrokLaw"
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... they can't say what they've been saying, even though they've already said it; but who's to say what they say isn't still being said?
I'm glad that's all clear as mud now.
That has to the most poorly written 'article' I've EVER seen on slashdot. Editors, can't you edit it so it actually says something?
Maybe this (keeping with the Headline News format):
We have news from Germany. It seems that SCO's German branch has agreed to refrain from posting some unproven states ments. This comes after a settlement with Univention. The amount of the settlement was undisclosed. They willed be fined 10,000 eros (about 12500 US) if they make any claims without backing them up within a month. Find out more at Groklaw.
Of course that is simply a rewording of what they posted. No details added or subtracted, though it would have been nice to list what SCO couldn't do.
My point is, can't you reword the stories? Do they have to be in the same format in which they were submitted? Can't you add a clause in the submittion agreement that says, "if we think your posting is unclear we reserve the right to edit it for clarity's sake." Please.
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