> Was the words free ever used? I always thought that
> money would transfer between the companies for the
> use of each others technology.

It did: 1+ billion United States dollars were paid to Sun Microsystems by the 
Microsoft corporation. In return, both parties signed a cross-licensing 
agreement. As a side effect, both parties agreed not to further sue each other 
for use of those technologies or patent infringements.
 
 
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