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News from Feb 28, 2002

Preliminary hearing between NuSphere adn MySQL AB, Feb 28, 2002

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) issued a press release yesterday inaccurately stating that NuSphere Corporation, an independent operating company of Progress Software Corporation, "lost the right to distribute MySQL software due to a violation of the GNU General Public License (GPL)." According to Lorne Cooper, president of NuSphere Corporation, these statements are inaccurate and inappropriate, as the case has yet to be presented in court.

GPL enforcement goes to court for first time in MySQL case, Feb 28, 2002

MySQL AB, the originator of the MySQL GPL database, is taking Progress Software Corporation, the corporate parent of NuSphere to court because it continues to distribute a database product that links statically to MySQL's code. The product was originally released without the accompanying source code. The Free Software Foundation's chief legal counsel, Eben Moglen, is set to provide expert testimony in a hearing Wednesday at 2 p.m. in what is the first court test for Richard Stallman's GNU General Public License.

FSF Lawyer and Board Member Serves as Expert Witness in Lawsuit Related to GNU GPL, Feb 28, 2002

Eben Moglen, General Counsel to the Free Software Foundation (FSF), will testify as an expert witness in the Progress Software Corporation vs. MySQL AB case currently pending in United States District Court in Massachusetts. The current focus of this case is a preliminary injunction sought by MySQL AB concerning a violation of the GNU General Public License (GPL) by Progress Software Corp.

Putting together a complete multimedia architecture for Unix, Feb 28, 2002

If we are to become a competitive platform for both developers and users of multimedia applications, we need to make sure our infrastructure can provide even the most demanding user what they need. In areas where this is simply not possible, we need to at least plan making our libraries and driver interfaces flexible enough to be able to take advantage of new hardware as it becomes available.

Caldera reports loss, reverse stock split, Feb 28, 2002

Caldera International, one of the few publicly traded Linux companies, reported a loss of $11 million on revenue of $17.9 million for its fiscal first quarter of 2002, which ended Jan. 31.
Orem., Utah-based Caldera, which sells a version of Linux and two versions of Unix, also said it expects shareholders to approve a 1-for-4 reverse stock split. Such moves are typically undertaken to prevent delisting from regulated stock markets. Caldera warned in September that its low stock price threatened the company with delisting from the Nasdaq market.

Linux flaw opens door in firewalls, Feb 28, 2002

Programmers have found a vulnerability in Linux that could allow protective firewall software to grant malicious computer users access to protected networks.
The flaw, which affects versions 2.4.14 through 2.4.18-pre9 of the Linux kernel, is in a component of the Netfilter firewall software. The component is involved when two computer users chat directly with each other using the Internet Relay Chat (IRC) system.

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