Ed Carp writes:
> > My point, and I believe Ed's point, is that I'm not clear on use of the
> > MySQL logo in my software, printed material, etc.
>
> What concerns me is that the new logo licensing stuff is so restrictive,
> *anyone* who even displays the logo on a web site ("powered by MySQL") has
> to get WRITTEN PERMISSION to do so from MySQL AB. I'm uncomfortable with
> that, particularly since it's free advertising for MySQL, and the way I look
> at it, anyone who displays the logo on their web site (except for blatantly
> trying to rip off MySQL in some way) is doing MySQL a favor, and it seems
> particularly ungrateful to the developer community to force them to jump
> through all kinds of hoops to do MySQL a favor.
>
> Does that make any sense? I'm not trying to slam MySQL, I'm just concerned
> about displaying the logo on a web site that says "powered by MySQL" or
> modifying the logo like folks used to do to produce all kinds of cool
> enhancements to the name MySQL.
>
Hi Ed,
Our people responsible for legal matters are trying hard to come with
some better policy.
A policy that would do as much as possible for MySQL community , while
preventing possible abuses.
As soon as our team has a policy, it will be make known to entire
MySQL community.
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