If ya had clicked the link that the original poster gave us it was to an
article discussing that same thing ... Branding...... where Allaire was
gonna sue em for the name tagFusion ... they n-ary changed the name of this
thing back to tagServlet vs. tagFusion.
But I fail to see the point in BOASTING about a tool that one knows is a
partial implementation of what Allaire is just about to release and had
pre-released in a Press Release. If tagServlet is now FREE, and all ya need
is a certain sub-set of cfml tags .. guess its pretty cool for you.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeffry Houser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 8:38 AM
Subject: RE: New App engine for CFML
>
> I imagine you're talking about Tagfusion. I brought this same topic up
> a while back. The general consensus was that Allaire probably hasn't
> copyrighted specific elements of the language. someone just created a new
> interpreter for it. Similar to the many different compilers for C.
>
> I suppose the difference between C and CFML is that there is a standard
> 'C' language. Who defines the 'standard C' language? Is some standards
> body, like w3.org? I actually don't know.
>
> If I were Allaire, my biggest worry would be the branding they have put
> into ColdFusion. If someone comes along and writes a horribly slow and
> buggy interpreter , then it could turn around and give Allaire
(Macromedia)
> products a bad name.
>
> The most interesting thing about Tagfusion (as someone else once
> stated) is that it was written based on entirely different principles than
> ColdFusion.
>
> At 12:50 PM 02/26/2001 -0700, you wrote:
> >My GF and I got into a discussion of whether or not Allaire could sue
this
> >company for using a language that Allaire owns.
> >
> >The discussion turned to whether or not one could own a language
(computer
> >language or otherwise).
> >
> >She said yes, if you develop a language you could copyright it and charge
> >people to use/speak it.
> >
> >I'm not sure what I think. Free speach may not apply here, because the
> >first admendment says you can (almost) say anything you want, doesn't say
> >what language it can be in.
> >
> >Any comments?
> >
> >
> >
>
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