> if I was given rights to the "software" and that software was "Joes OS"
> and I had exclusive rights to this "software" then the differences
> between 1.3 and 2.0 and 3.1 would not matter as they are ALL
> versions of the "software" I have been given rights to.

The Settlement Agreement's definition of "the Software" includes a version number, so your example is not applicable.

> things we don't know all of the details

The details are in the court documents, the most relevant ones of them published for everyone to read thanks to some generous people paying the required fees.