This just reads like the absolute bare minimum lawyer speak said through gritted teeth. Even Monica herself says "I can't comment further for legal reasons."<p>Too little too late to make amends with the hurt community I'd say.
While it's great that Monica was able to arrive at a satisfactory agreement, it's a damn shame for the rest of the community that it apparently included an NDA clause.<p>That said, I could totally respect and understand a desire on Monica's part to put this whole thing in the past.
I certainly hope that they gave her some cash, at least. For pain and suffering.<p>And I can understand why she wouldn't want to be a moderator again. Although they could have at least just reinstated her completely.<p>Oh, and fired all the staff who screwed it up.<p>Edit: And yes, I know the argument for not firing people who make mistakes. But the mistakes here were almost criminal.
As a person who doesn't use SO much, can anyone clarify why there's such a seemingly passionate community of people still around to discuss this after this mess? In particular, why do they continue to devote even more free labor to the business rather than just exit and go contribute to something else?