Re: mysql.org

[Marten Mickos]

Guus,

Thanks for your good suggestions. Some clarifications below.

Guus Leeuw jr. wrote:
 > From: Dipl.-Inf. Guus Leeuw jr.
 > Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 03:21:32 +0200
 > >  -----Original Message-----
 > >  From: Marten Mickos [mailto:marten@stripped] <cut>
 > </cut> <serious> >  Our interpretation is that even under the interim

agreement,
 > >  the operation
 > >  by NuSphere of mysql.org would have been a trademark violation.
 > Then, Marten, tell us what the status is of the trademark
 > application?
 > Under way, finished, or "in the mail" as suggested by the
 > other post from Sander Pilon?

The MySQL trademark is registered in Sweden and 13 other countries. In the 
US, the registration has been filed and we are awaiting registration. When 
we started to use the MySQL mark in the mid-90's it had not been used 
earlier as far as we can tell. As a side note, this was before the now so 
popular MyYahoo and MySAP etc. trademarks were taken into use. Monty has 
told me that he got a lot of criticism for choosing such a silly name. 
People said it is only toys that carry such names, referring to "My Little 
Pony".

 > And yes, if Britt would agree, you might post documents like
 > the interim agreement and the termination thereof. Of course,
 > this would involve posting the journal of the faxed termination,
 > and a statement from Britt that NuSphere actually received it.
 > Fax communication sometimes don't work... (An aspect sofar
 > not discussed...)

I believe it is Lorne Cooper, President of NuSphere that needs to agree. I 
do not know where the fax thing came from, because the letter referring to 
the termination was delivered by our lawyers (iIt was the interim agreement 
from June 2000 that was faxed by David Axmark to Progress). And I would off 
the top of my head remember that NuSphere responded to it.


Marten Mickos
CEO
MySQL AB