Maybe he did mean January; and maybe he purposefully said it because:

If the settlement was for recurring 'monthly' revenues (i.e. royalties etc.), and the J's make a monthly accounting to PDS after the end of the month (say, allow for 2 weeks), then the latest monthly accounting (read, "financial transaction") that could be made and reported as equity earnings for our Q ending 2/29/08, is January.

This is plausible, especially since I firmly believe that we did not jsut roll over and cave in to the J's --- no way.  And neither did we just decide to start 'giving away' licenses to everyone else.

Step back and think about it!