MySQL AB and Nusphere Corporation Announce Settlement07 Nov 2002
UPPSALA, Sweden and BEDFORD, Massachusetts, (November 7, 2002) - MySQL AB, developer
of the world's most popular open source database, and NuSphere Corporation, an
independent operating company of Progress Software Corporation, today announced a
settlement of the dispute between the two companies regarding use of the MySQL
trademarks, copyrights, and compliance with the GNU General Public License (GPL). The
settlement resolves all outstanding issues between the two companies including
ownership and use of trademarks and domain names and assignment to MySQL AB of
copyrights for all NuSphere contributions to the MySQL program, and MySQL AB has
issued a letter to NuSphere Corporation verifying GPL compliance.
We are happy to resolve this dispute, said Olivier Beutels, Sales Executive,
Northern Europe, MySQL AB. These past months of discussion with NuSphere regarding
trademark rights and GPL issues have confirmed for us all that open source software
can flourish free under the GPL license and commercially when the situation merits it.
We are pleased to reach this amicable settlement and resolve the issues between the
two companies, said Dmitri Dmitrienko, General Manager Europe, NuSphere Corporation.
We look forward to getting back to the normal run of business and plan to continue
shipping the MySQL database in the NuSphere Technology Platform, and remain focused on
our flagship product.
About MySQL AB
MySQL AB develops, markets and supports the MySQL database server, the world's most
popular open source database. With over 4 million installations and 27,000 downloads
per day, MySQL is the de facto open source database leader and is quickly becoming the
core of many high-volume, business-critical applications. The MySQL database is
available under the free software/open source GNU General Public License (GPL) or a
non-GPL commercial license. For more information about MySQL, please go to
www.mysql.com.
MySQL is a registered trademark of MySQL AB in Sweden and other countries. MySQL is a
trademark in the United States and other countries.
About NuSphere Corporation
NuSphere delivers the first Internet Application Platform (IAP) based on open source
components, providing an integrated foundation that allows companies to deploy
reliable, cost-effective, enterprise-class applications across Windows, UNIX and Linux
environments. NuSphere® PHPEd(tm) Advantage is an integrated software suite that pairs
the reliability and cost-effectiveness of PHP, Apache, Perl and open source databases
with PHPEd, the leading PHP development environment for building business-critical web
applications and web services. Based in Bedford, Mass., the company's commercial
software services include technical support, consulting and training. For more
information, visit www.nusphere.com or call +1-781-280-4600.
NuSphere is a registered trademark of NuSphere Corporation in the United States and
other countries. PHPEd is a trademark of NuSphere Corporation in the United States and
other countries. Other marks mentioned in this press release are the trademarks of
their respective owners.
-Original Message-
From: Leonardo Javier Belén [mailto:lbelen;afip.gov.ar]
Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 2:05 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: MySQL AB has reached a settlement with NuSphere Corporation
Can someone post the piece of News, for the folks that cant get into the
page (I dont have access to web from where I am now...) Thanks, Leo.
- Original Message -
From: Christopher Hicks [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Michael Widenius [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: Mysql List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 3:46 PM
Subject: Re: MySQL AB has reached a settlement with NuSphere Corporation
On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Michael Widenius wrote:
MySQL AB is pleased to announce that it has settled its lawsuit with
Progress Software Corporation and NuSphere Corporation. For more
information, see the joint press release at
http://www.mysql.com/press/release_2002_14.html
The press release sounds like typical PR puffery. Is any meat going to
come out beyond it's settled?
--
/chris
Programming is a Dark Art, and it will always be. The programmer is
fighting against the two most destructive forces in the universe:
entropy and human stupidity. They're not things you can always
overcome with a methodology or on a schedule.
-Damian Conway, Perl God
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