On Friday 12 March 2010 09:47:59 am Scott K wrote: > I'm not precisely sure how a jury trial is supposed to change the > facts of a simple licensing contract. This should be done and dead. .
There is a lot of he said/she said kind of things going on. By sending it to a jury trial they can get the interpretation of what the average Joe can understand from the vague contract. In Groklaw a few years ago, PJ wrote that lawyers, judges and courts want to make sure the winners win well and the losers lose well in an effort to reduce appeals, mistrials, etc. So the courts will give you hints on how to nail the coffin once and for all. The judge here though it was pretty obvious and ruled, but SCO complained. So the appeals court said "have a jury trial (so SCO can quit whining once and for all)." The part in parenthesis was not uttered, but in law, what is not said is just as important as what is said. -- Alberto Treviño BYU Testing Center Brigham Young University -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
