[ComputerGuru]

How is it hard to understand? Settle does not in any way mean "forgive" or "forget" or "waive."

Court: a year (or more) of legal fees, proceedings, headache, stress, and pain in the ass. Settle: Get less cash, be done with it.

In both cases, you're being compensated for the violation of your basic rights. In one of them, you take up the court's time and pay for it dearly in order to make your point publicly and to potentially get more money. In the other, assuming you're trying to sue someone without too much hubris such that they're willing to settle, the affair is much tidier, but generally less bitter for the loser, too.

[sixcorners]

Why do you have to agree to that before hand? Why doesn't the contract prevent Paypal from suing other parties?