Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Skype Replacement?

[Michał 'rysiek' Woźniak]

Dnia poniedziałek, 14 maja 2012 o 12:46:14 Alexey Eromenko napisał(a):
> I have one GREAT IDEA:
> Trademark enforcement !

Oh my, here we go. -_-'

> Once a good open-source Skype-like project is born, with central
> registry, and firewall bypass, it *should* use it's own trademark
> that defines that forks must re-name themselves.
> Call this project "The Unique".
> 
> I.e. if a forker wants to change the code to point at a different
> central repository, he should be forced to change project name as
> well. (like FireFox -> Debian's IceWeasel trademark fork, due to
> inability to backport security patches to old versions of
> FireFox-proper.)

As you yourself called upon Firefox/IceWeasel issue, you should 
already know why this is a *bad* idea.

> So all users whom get the original "The Unique" project, they all
> are guaranteed to use central registry, and this guarantee can be
> enforced by project trademark, rather than code licensing.
> 
> In a similar way, Red Hat is protecting their brand, and CentOS
> cannot use Red Hat's trademark, but can use it's code.

I have a better idea: use primarily protocol names, instead of 
application/project names. XMPP instead of Pidgin. E-Mail instead of 
Thunderbird. See - this works! Diaspora instead of Joindiaspora.com. 
SIP instead of Ekiga.

Now, we can have a (semi)central repository protocol for 
federation/search, and that would just mean projects like Thunderbird 
or Pidgin, or Ekiga would have to simply implement this protocol - 
which would be treated as a "feature" instead of "infringement on 
freedom of developers".

The best part is: all the above mentioned protocols use the 
user@server scheme.

-- 
Pozdrawiam
Michał "rysiek" Woźniak

Fundacja Wolnego i Otwartego Oprogramowania

signature.asc
Description: This is a digitally signed message part.