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> I'm very sad this is all happening. But however you may feel
> about NuSphere, I find it a bit unsettling that MySQL AB, as
> an open-source organization, would claim a trademark in the
> first place. From what I've seen, it looks like both sides
> are being equally childish.
I dont think there is a correlation between open source and the use (or non
use) of trademarks to protect ones brand. I think it is very import for an
opensource company/group/product to trademark their name. Otherwise what
would stop someone from taking the source code and releasing it under the
same name (im just throwing this point in there, no need for whatifs in
further threads). Also, dont forget another open source project linux(tm) is
trademarked to protect the name from being used in a 'bad' way.
Just some ideas to think about. I dont mean to further the thread any more
than it already has.
ryan
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