[FYI] (Fwd) FC: Boston judge to hear first test of GNU license used in MySQL

["Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>]

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Date sent:      	Tue, 26 Feb 2002 23:53:51 -0500
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Subject:        	FC: Boston judge to hear first test of GNU license used in MySQL
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[Mikael Pawlo is an associate at the Swedish law firm Advokatfirman
Lindahl. --Declan]

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Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 23:41:29 +0100
To: declan@well.com
From: Mikael Pawlo <mikael@pawlo.com>
Subject: Politech - MySQL
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Declan,
Things are moving forward in the NuSphere ./. MySQL AB dispute. This
is the first test in court of the enforceability of the GNU GPL
license used by many free software developers.

The preliminary injunction hearing will take place at 2:00 PM on
February 27,2002 at the Federal court house in Boston, Mass.

On June 15, NuSphere and Progress sued David Axmark personally,
Michael "Monty" Widenius personally, MySQL AB, TcX DataKonsult AB, and
John Doe Corporation for breach of contract, tortious interference
with third party contracts and relationships and unfair competition.

On July 11, MySQL AB filed a suit for trademark infringement, breach
of the interim agreement, breach of the GPL license and unfair and
deceptive trade practices.

A lot of questions on this case are answered in this only slightly
biased FAQ: http://www.mysql.org/news/article-75.html

FSF pressrelease on FSF Lawyer and Board Member Serves as Expert
Witness in Lawsuit Related to GNU GPL:
http://www.fsf.org/press/2002-02-26-MySQL.html

More on free software:
http://www.gnu.org/

Best regards

Mikael Pawlo

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