I've been holding on OpenSIP.org for many years... perhaps I should be donating it now.
F.
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-----Original Message----- From: users-bounces@lists.kamailio.org [mailto:users- bounces@lists.kamailio.org] On Behalf Of Mik Cheez Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 7:40 PM To: Henning Westerholt Cc: users@lists.kamailio.org Subject: Re: [Kamailio-Users] OpenSIPS project
I don't mean to sound overly critical, especially since all the developers and contributors have been so good to the community. What I don't like on the Kamailio side is that I simply can't remember the name; not one I run into in my daily life, and I doubt I'm alone on that. Just last week a group of ex Google engineers released an alternative to Google named "Cuil" (pronounced 'cool'). While that name is also rather hideous, it's memorable. As for OpenSIPS, won't this same exact scenario play out in the near future, where the name has to be free of trademarks? And if it is free of trademarks, why not just use that name?
Just my 2ยข
Mik
Henning Westerholt wrote:
On Monday 04 August 2008, Mik Cheez wrote:
If this fork is based solely on the hideous name "Kamailio", then perhaps you could fork Kamailio into /dev/null and rename the OpenSER project OpenSIPS.
Hi Mik,
i accept your position about the name, even if i have another
opinion. :-) But
we needed to find a new name that is free from third party
trademarks, and
also not similar to other existing names. And kamailio was choosen in
the end
from the available suggestions.
Cheers,
Henning
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