Rodrigo Ordonez Licona wrote: > Momentum is strong enough that we would follow developers to a red6 or > red7 (or whatever new name it needs) project in no time.
RED6!? Wow, is that an upgrade! I want! LOL -- Dante > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On > Behalf Of *Dominick Accattato > *Sent:* Martes, 21 de Agosto de 2007 04:35 p.m. > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [Red5] H.264 codec on Flash player... but not for Red5? > > Hank, as always I appreciate your comments on these matters. > > Additionally, I just checked an existing site I created and Sorenson is > still streaming fine, and I'd imagine that On2 will as well. I had no > doubts that they would as Adobe strives for backward compatibility even > though they have made security enhancements that broke existing content > in the past. > > I'm not sure why he wrote that it doesn't support sorenson > > On 8/21/07, *hank williams* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > 1. I am not clear what name you are saying red5 comes close to > infringing. > > 2. If it does, there are no damages without notice. You cannot sue > if you ask someone to change the name and they do. Its not like > copyright infringement where any infringement creates a statutory > liability. Therefore any intelligent open source project would just > change its name. This would not be a smart strategy for eliminating > open source and I *strongly* doubt red5 is at any risk from this > kind of a plan. > > Regards, > Hank > > > On 8/21/07, *Donnacha* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > RE: Trademarks > > To clarify what I meant, this issue has come up in discussion with > some very switched on people but not, I have to stress, anyone in > Adobe itself. The context was people in fairly high positions, > discussing the tricky problem, faced by many proprietary software > makers, of how to counter OSS competition without provoking a > publicity backlash; Adobe/Red5 came up as a perfect case study. > > There was total agreement that the Red5 developers have been > meticulous in ensuring that they didn't infringe Adobe's IP but the > name itself was identified as their Achilles heal, not necessarily > because it infringes a trademark or servicemark, although it > may, but > because it comes close enough to justify a court case. > > The case of a claimant against Red5 would not be strong enough to > guarantee a win and, therefore, would not be worth taking UNLESS a > third party anonymously funded the legal costs as a distraction/FUD > tactic, just as Microsoft part-funded SCO's anti-Linux > actions. This > form of anonymous funding is 100% legal and very common practice > among > American corporations. > > In the case of targeting OSS projects, the presumption is that no > formal structure is in place to fund a defense and that the > costs will > be borne by the lead developers with no prospect, in this type of > action, of re-couping their costs even if they win - each side eats > their own costs. > > This expensive process massively favors corporations and the vast > majority of these disputes never make it to court, never come to > public attention. > > As any such action would be a once-off opportunity and would be held > in reserve until it can be used to maximum effect, probably > after the > project goes 1.0 and a lot of momentum has built up behind the > disputed name - being forced to change it at that point would be a > serious set-back. > > When the project was initially launched, I presumed that Red5 was > temporary title, a cute Star Wars reference that would soon be > replaced with a better name, one for which the .com was still > available. I never expected it would last this long, I figured > that a > > _______________________________________________ > Red5 mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/red5_osflash.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Red5 mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/red5_osflash.org > > > > > -- > Dominick Accattato, CTO > Infrared5 Inc. > www.newviewnetworks.com <http://www.newviewnetworks.com> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Red5 mailing list > [email protected] > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/red5_osflash.org _______________________________________________ Red5 mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/red5_osflash.org
