Wow. Is this the first case of this kind? If/when you find out more please enlighten us. Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Dennis J. Eberl > Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 1:03 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [EUG-LUG:2257] !@#$%^&*\!#/?theopensoresbiz===}(X)<:~ > > > Well, cramming made me miss the NuSphere seminar up in Portland this > morning. Big deal. > > Of note, however, is an e-mail from NuSphere, an outfit that > packages an > easy install of Apache, Perl, PHP4, and MySQL along with (I > haven't seen > them) some improvements like "MySQL Enhanced" and "PHPeD" to create a > development platform for database driven server side scripted web site > building, ... well, NuSphere explains in their latest e-mail > newsletter that > they were "forced" to sue MySQL AB, the company that created > that wonderful > little database of the same name. Apparently MySQL AB is claiming that > NuSphere is misusing its trademarks, violating it's GPL for MySQL, and > generally being a bunch of greedy let's profit from this open > source moon > rocket assciholes. > > Anyone got the straight skinny on this conflict? > > Dennis >
