At Denver International Airport for a flight back home to ABQ.

At Denver International Airport for a flight back home to ABQ.

At Denver International Airport for a flight back home to ABQ. My cologne, which cleared TSA screening for the flight here, was confiscated because it was “too full.”

My response, irritated and early in the morning, was “You have to be f-ing kidding me.” The TSA screener told me he “didn’t appreciate cursing,” and if I did it again he’d get a supervisor involved.

We have a First Amendment. If you don’t like cursing, stop working in a public facing job applying arbitrary criteria that results in confiscation of personal property.

This is America. I have a right to free speech, and no one has a right to never be offended.

The July 4 fireworks in Albuquerque, NM USA competed with nature’s show of a thunderstorm rolling in over the…

The July 4 fireworks in Albuquerque, NM USA competed with nature’s show of a thunderstorm rolling in over the…

The July 4 fireworks in Albuquerque, NM USA competed with nature’s show of a thunderstorm rolling in over the Sandias. I had a great view from a friend’s roof.

Photo from: http://www.reddit.com/r/Albuquerque/comments/1hoezi/nature_vs_man_competing_for_the_best_show_tonight/

MariaDB Draft Trademark Policy Available

A couple of weeks ago I mentioned in a post that Monty Program was working on a trademark policy for MariaDB, and we hoped to have something available for community review in early 2011.

Well, that draft is ready now. The draft is available in the MariaDB knowledgebase, and we are soliciting public feedback through January 2. During the first week of January any approved edits will be made to make a final version, and that final policy mirrored on mariadb.org and montyprogram.com.

Hopefully the intent of allowing the unhindered development of cool stuff related to MariaDB while protecting the value of the primary brand itself is made clear. Let us know what you think in comments to the KB entry. If you suggest edits, please be sure your reasoning is expressed plainly. Of course, glaring oversights or errors should be brought to our attention regardless of the open commenting deadline. But please make a little time in the next 2 weeks to give us some input.

Thanks!