[horser4dish]

I'm curious how they settled. Once the details are shared, then the case's importance will be truly established. For now, we can't really assume which way it went: Geohot asked for a settlement instead of dealing with further litigation, or if SECA was the one that pulled the plug. I believe it will probably end up being the former, since SECA practically prints money and could have pursued this for years, but we'll just have to wait and see.

As for the result, the "permanent injunction" that the spokesman mentioned is what makes me think the settlement went in SECA's favor. But until somebody publishes what happened, I don't know. It could mean that jailbreaking other devices is legal, or it could mean that only mobile devices are legally allowed to be cracked open.

I hope it all ended up in the favor of the consumer, but from the wording of the article and its quoted statements, I don't think it did.