comments inline On 8/23/07, Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 06:46:51AM +0100, Donnacha wrote: > > 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. > > Headline: 24pt: Red5 forced to change it's name to BARF > > Open-source project Red5, a free and modifiable clone of > Adobe's Media Server has been threatened with legal action > over it's name and has agreed, under pressure, to change it's > name to BARF, an acronym standing for BARF Ain't Red Five. > > A web-search this morning revealed that a search for "Red5" > still pointed to the newly named BARF page, and that the > project was still going as strong as ever. > > Luke Hubbard, a lead developer on the project, said "It's a > shame we've had to change the name, but it's relly not > important, we continue to provide a free and open replacement > for Adobe's expensive and closed software, and our userbase > continues to grow apace"
we don't use the words "replacement" or "alternative". Red5 is an open source server that has interoperability with the Flash Player! Thats a tough one to sell to your sales department! ---- > > All publicity is good publicity. A legal story about Red5 having > to change it's name would mean more people notice the project, > not less. Adobe would be foolish to hope a forced name-change > would hurt the project rather than help it. > > Adam............ > > _______________________________________________ > Red5 mailing list > [email protected] > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/red5_osflash.org > -- Dominick Accattato, CTO Infrared5 Inc. www.newviewnetworks.com
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