[JDEV] Jabber, the Name

[David Waite]

I'd say the best place to bring this up would be the next Jabber Foundation
meeting.

-David Waite

Ted Rolle wrote:

> Hmmm.... Jabber.com is getting "protective" about the Jabber name.
>
> The word "jabber" has been in use since the 1500s;  The Jabber protocol uses
> the name "Jabber" by itself, and not in any new combination; it logically
> follows that it is not a "contrivance".
>
> It seems as though they'll shoot themselves (we'll shoot ourselves?) in the
> foot with such actions; Open Source has a stigma associated with it that we
> would be well to shed; getting into these kinds of battles can do nothing
> but harm "the cause" in the long run.
>
> "Fortune does not change anyone.  It unmasks them."
>
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