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From: | John Hasler |
Subject: | Re: SFLC's GPL court enforcement -- track record |
Date: | Sat, 08 Dec 2007 10:45:22 -0600 |
User-agent: | Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1 (gnu/linux) |
Alexander Terekhov writes: > There are many reasons why defendants prefer to settle even if they > believe that their lawyers will win in court. David Kastrup wrote: > Most involving deep pockets and continued litigation. Often the defense convinces the plaintiff that if they go to court the plaintiff's claims will all be dismissed and the that the defense will press for legal expenses and other counterclaims. They then offer to drop their counterclaims if the plaintiff will join them in a motion for dismissal with prejudice. Dismissal without prejudice means that the plaintiff has the right to come back and reinstate his case should the defendant fail to comply with the terms of the settlement. So far as I know none of the GPL cases brought in the US have been dismissed with prejudice. -- John Hasler john@dhh.gt.org Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI USA
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