GeoHot and Sony have finally settled their legal differences with a peaceful solution for all parties involved. After a tense amount of posturing from both sides, which went so far as to involve the likes of Anonymous, GeoHot and Sony have announced they'd reached a settlement.
The full terms of the settlement aren't clear, but Hotz has consented to a "permanent injunction", most likely in exchange for Sony agreeing not to press further charges against his person.
"Sony is glad to put this litigation behind us," said Sony's General Counsel Riley Russell. "Our motivation for bringing this litigation was to protect our intellectual property and our consumers. We believe this settlement and the permanent injunction achieve this goal."
Hotz replied that it was "never [his] invention to cause any users trouble or to make piracy easier." He says he's happy to have the litigation behind me and looks forward to his future projects.
