[Kamailio-Users] OpenSIPS project

[Francois Menard]

I've been holding on OpenSIP.org for many years... perhaps I should be
donating it now.

F.

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Francois D. Menard
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: users-bounces at lists.kamailio.org [mailto:users-
> bounces at lists.kamailio.org] On Behalf Of Mik Cheez
> Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 7:40 PM
> To: Henning Westerholt
> Cc: users at 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 2¢
> 
> 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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