Germany Muzzles SCO

Posted by Hemos on Monday March 1, 2004 @01:48AM from the one-step-closer dept.

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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Re:This proves it by Mr.+Darl+McBride · 2004-03-01 04:23 · Score: 0, Troll

The whole fact that SCO was willing to settle so easily, and give up their rights to bitching, proves that they know they don't have a leg to stand on.
No, it demonstrates that we don't wish to fight a battle on more fronts than we have to. The cost of starting up in the German courts would be prohibitive right now. Accepting being silenced today does not stop us from resuming once we have the weight of the US court decision behind us.
Also, Chris is afraid of dealing with Austrian and German authorities after seeing the end of The Sound of Music.