I know it was brought up but I don't think it was ever really answered, but why would Adobe have a problem with the Red5 name? Forgive my ignorance but I see no connections.
Donnacha wrote: > On 8/21/07, hank williams <[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. >> > > That is precisely my point: knowing that any intelligent OSS project > would rather change it's name than become entangled in a legal action, > even a baseless one, Adobe will certainly opt to press that button, > especially as they can do so anonymously. allowing them, at very > little financial and zero publicity cost, to inflict a slight set-back > upon a rival. This sort of incremental strategy is bread and butter > to Adobe; if you study their history you'll see that they have always > been far, far more litigious than other large software houses, even > MS. > > Just to clarify, I'm not saying that there would be any validity in > such an action or that it would prevail in court, the point is that it > doesn't matter, it would never get that far, Adobe knows that. > > Another clarification: this has nothing, zero, zilch to do with the > technical side of the project, nothing to do with infringing Adobe's > code or whatever. If the project is forced to drop the name, > everything will go on just as it has before. The only loss would be a > drop in public awareness and, if it happens after 1.0, a slight loss > of credibility - names changes are fine while you're still in beta > but, after that, it sends a very mixed message. > > Again, it's just a name we're talking about, not a huge deal, > certainly nowhere near as important as the apparent technical changes > - things like branding and public awareness are rarely a priority for > OSS projects and quite rightly so. I only brought it up because it's > worth knowing what is actually happening when these bolts from the > blue hit. > > _______________________________________________ > 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
