MySQL AB and Nusphere Go to Court Over GPL

A little fairy whispered in our ear: "MySQL AB is seeking a temporary injunction against NuSphere, even though they've finally released the source code for Gemini and MySQL Advantage. According to the GPL, NuSphere lost the right to redistribute when they violated #3 by not providing the source code originally. The FSF will testify tomorrow in court, according to this Newsforge article." Newsforge and Slashdot are both part of OSDN. We've done a couple of previous stories about the MySQL AB vs. Nusphere conflict: the original story, a follow-up, and a note about a countersuit. Update: 02/26 21:15 GMT by T : bkuhn (Bradley Kuhn of the Free Software Foundation) writes: "The FSF has a press release on the matter and affidavit that we filed is also available."

Comments

Settle This

[erasmus_]

Once again, let's settle our issues in the courtroom and not in the marketplace. Perhaps this issue will finally come to some closure soon.

Re:More information on FSF Website

[sh_mmer]

The goal of the GPL is to use copyright law to create a ``commons,'' a collection of shared resources to which anyone can add, and from which anyone can borrow freely, but from which nothing can be permanently removed.

that already exists. it's called the public domain.