On 4/10/07, Youness Alaoui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > someone at work just came by and told me about some issues gaim had.. Gaim > got sued by AOL because of the name > "gaim == gtk aim" and they were forced to change their names.. so name gaim > doesn't exist anymore.. it becomes > pidgin! > take a look at http://gaim.sf.net (which redirects to http://www.pidgin.im).. > the latest post in the website explains the issues.. it's interesting and we > should all read itin order to know > what happened to them.. > there's also some "Instant Messaging Freedom Corporation" thing mentioned in > there.. I wonder what that is... > should we join ?:D from http://www.pidgin.im/ : "As a result we ended up forming the Instant Messaging Freedom Corporation, and making it legally responsible for Gaim. " I think we shouldn't join.
"A few years later AOL trademarked "AIM," and started referring to their IM services using that name." We could face the same issue. But since we implement only one protocol, msnp, we're, IMHO, a good thing for MS. and everyone knows that : > 4. How You May Not Use the Service. > > In using the service, you may not: ... > use any unauthorized third party software or service to access the Microsoft > instant messaging network (currently known as the .NET Messenger service); (from http://tou.live.com/default.aspx?HTTP_HOST=tou.live.com ) Did MS warn us about anything like that ? Ps : Feel free to use amsn :D -- Boris FAURE (aka billiob) mail, msn : [EMAIL PROTECTED] No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However, a large number of electrons were terribly agitated. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Amsn-devel mailing list Amsn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amsn-devel
