I don't know how enlightening I can be, but I will forward the (html formatted) NuSphere e-mail newsletter to the group if given permission to do so. I have to hit the sack to be at work at 6 so I haven't had a chance to check out the MySQL site yet. My gut (and I am not an open source true believer by any stretch of the imagination) tells me that MySQL probably has a legitimate case against NuSphere. But let's wait and see. So whoever's in charge of e-mail posts to the group, can I forward the NuSphere newsletter to you? If you can't read html formatted mail it'd probably look like HTML mark up for a page. Don't know. Never looked at it that way. Won't send it until told it's Ok. Dennis > From: "Tim Howe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 13:08:55 -0700 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [EUG-LUG:2258] RE: !@#$^&*\!#/?theopensoresbiz===}(X)<:~ > > Wow. Is this the first case of this kind? If/when you find out more please > enlighten us. > > Tim > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of >> Dennis J. Eberl >> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 1:03 PM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: [EUG-LUG:2257] !@#$%^&*\!#/?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 >> > >
