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MySQL AB and Nusphere Go to Court Over GPL

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the fate-of-the-Free-world-at-stake dept.

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."

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  1. Re:First legal test? by kenthorvath · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    Why should the GPL be any less credible than any other software license out there? If it fails, it seems that there would be an implication that other restrictive licenses should fail as well (read: anti-reverse engineering clauses and the like).

  2. primarily inertia; secondarily ease of install by brlewis · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    MySQL's time-to-market was better than PostgreSQL. People who have mysql working now are naturally hesitant to switch to something else. Secondarily, mysql (outside of Debian) was easier to install last I checked. This may have changed.

  3. Re:Follow Up by kz45 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    figures the gnu nazis would cover up the truth by modding me down...