MySQL AB Settles With NuSphere

PCM2 writes "It appears that MySQL AB has settled its dispute with NuSphere over use of the MySQL trademarks. CEO Marten Mickos has punctuated the occasion with a donation to the FSF -- but there's no mention of what the actual terms of the settlement were, and there's no statement on NuSphere's site either (yet)."

More good news for MySQL

[ekrout]

With OS X came a bundling of MySQL, and CTOs (Chief Technology Officers) across the country thought to themselves that "Hey, if a big profitable company puts this package of OpenSource software into their flagship OS, it must be OK to use. Let's stop dishing out tens of thousands of dollars a year to Oracle and let's just use this free RDBMS implementation." (Sure, PostreSQL is a bit more weathered, but both are pretty nice considering their price).

Wider acceptance of MySQL and its related products/technologies is a good thing, and solving this NuSphere trademark violation is only a good thing in my mind.

Re:More good news for MySQL

[Frater 219]

With OS X came a bundling of MySQL, and CTOs (Chief Technology Officers) across the country [...] PostreSQL

That's odd. I think you said that once before [slashdot.org], typo and all.

Re:More good news for MySQL

[ChaosDiscord]

You do understant that MySQL is not much more than a filesystem with a SQL interface, don't you?

Yup. I also understand that for many applications, all you need is a filesystem with an SQL interface.

A department's home built inventory system doesn't really call out for the power of DB2. The registration system at one of my prior employers just held names, addresses, and a simple join to their registration keys, and all of this was done without the scalability of Oracle.

Choices are good. Heck, sometimes you need a database, but don't need anything more complicated than the ability to store key-value pairs. There is even a free solution for that [sleepycat.com].

GPL

[vlad_petric]

It's good that they setled the dispute, however I think it would have been much better for the comunity if GPL were tested and proven valid in court. The reality is, there's tons of very valuable software under GPL, and noboy knows whether GPL is truly enforceable.

The Raven