| From: | Adam Ruth <aruth(at)intercation(dot)com> |
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| To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Jacob Hanson <jacdx(at)jacobhanson(dot)com>, David Costa <geeks(at)dotgeek(dot)org>, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Perpetuating the myth...annoying |
| Date: | 2004-04-06 12:35:00 |
| Message-ID: | D20DC312-87C6-11D8-8BA1-000A959D1424@intercation.com |
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On Apr 5, 2004, at 5:59 PM, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>>> Just an idea, why don't we run a postgresql vs mysql benchmark ? I
>> We might get in trouble with their (MySQL) trademark guys with this:
>
> Trademark law only says that you cannot use someone else's trademark to
> label a similar product. Nothing there can stop you from using the
> product for any purpose including running benchmarks, or from reporting
> facts or opinions or lies about the product. That is a matter of
> copyright law, press regulations and/or the criminal code.
>
Commercial database products, such as Oracle and MS SQL Server get
around this by making it a part of their license that you cannot
publish benchmarks without their approval. Since you can get MySQL
under the GPL, then their only protection in this matter is trademark
(and I guess, libel if they wanted to get nasty), which is, IMHO &
IANAL, much weaker protection.
Adam Ruth
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