The one positive of this is it seems to have livened up the open source project (Vinyl Cache). Features that haven't been added for years are now being worked on, whether they step on the toes of the commercial offering or not.
ibejoeb
It sounds like Varnish Cache is kind of a distribution of Vinyl Cache. It's based on the FOSS project with its own downstream patches.
On another topic:
> The Varnish Cache FOSS software was initiated and sponsored by the Norvegian newspaper Verdens Gang. They hired a company called “Linpro” to handle the logistics and me to write the code.
> From Linpro grew the company Varnish Software
> IP-Lawyers still insist that Varnish Software owns the Varnish Cache name
Consultants came in a just assumed the IP? It sounds like a pretty complicated cross-border ordeal, but that is still quite a leap.
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mijoharas
This article links to a previous one[0] (by Poul) which states:
> I will also state for the record, that there are no hard feelings between Varnish Software and the FOSS project.
I wonder if that is still the case now. (this article is fairly diplomatically written, but I'd imagine it must be pretty frustrating)
Does Fastly still uses Vinyl Cache? Wondering who else is using it as well in production.
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wofo
What a mess... It's sad that the community has to suffer the consequences of a company holding the trademark hostage.
sgarrity
In Canada, we pronounce it Vinyl CachÉE.
throawayonthe
does the mysql/mariadb comparison actually make sense? mysql is not really a downstream distro of mariadb (maaybe even the opposite?) so i thought i understood the situation as presented until that paragraph
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stephenr
The comparison with MySQL/MariaDB is unfortunate, given that since the "split" MariaDB has shown itself to be every bit the corporate owned "FOSS" project while its supporters still harp on about how terrible oracle is for OSS, without actually acknowledging the real history of each respective project and accompanying company.
Given that MariaDB the company is now owned by a private equity firm, I doubt it's going to get better.
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anotherhue
It definitely sounds more musical to my ears.
ape4
So its not a cache for my record collection ;(
ksimukka
"Vinyl cache" is an interesting name. I wonder what other candidates the maintainers considered? I was secretly hoping they would name it "Veneer Cache" or something similar to "varnish".
The one positive of this is it seems to have livened up the open source project (Vinyl Cache). Features that haven't been added for years are now being worked on, whether they step on the toes of the commercial offering or not.
It sounds like Varnish Cache is kind of a distribution of Vinyl Cache. It's based on the FOSS project with its own downstream patches.
On another topic:
> The Varnish Cache FOSS software was initiated and sponsored by the Norvegian newspaper Verdens Gang. They hired a company called “Linpro” to handle the logistics and me to write the code.
> From Linpro grew the company Varnish Software
> IP-Lawyers still insist that Varnish Software owns the Varnish Cache name
Consultants came in a just assumed the IP? It sounds like a pretty complicated cross-border ordeal, but that is still quite a leap.
This article links to a previous one[0] (by Poul) which states:
> I will also state for the record, that there are no hard feelings between Varnish Software and the FOSS project.
I wonder if that is still the case now. (this article is fairly diplomatically written, but I'd imagine it must be pretty frustrating)
[0] https://vinyl-cache.org/organization/20-years.html#years
Does Fastly still uses Vinyl Cache? Wondering who else is using it as well in production.
What a mess... It's sad that the community has to suffer the consequences of a company holding the trademark hostage.
In Canada, we pronounce it Vinyl CachÉE.
does the mysql/mariadb comparison actually make sense? mysql is not really a downstream distro of mariadb (maaybe even the opposite?) so i thought i understood the situation as presented until that paragraph
The comparison with MySQL/MariaDB is unfortunate, given that since the "split" MariaDB has shown itself to be every bit the corporate owned "FOSS" project while its supporters still harp on about how terrible oracle is for OSS, without actually acknowledging the real history of each respective project and accompanying company.
Given that MariaDB the company is now owned by a private equity firm, I doubt it's going to get better.
It definitely sounds more musical to my ears.
So its not a cache for my record collection ;(
"Vinyl cache" is an interesting name. I wonder what other candidates the maintainers considered? I was secretly hoping they would name it "Veneer Cache" or something similar to "varnish".