Re: [Gaim-cabal] Names

[Gary K. <gr...@re...>]

Sean Egan wrote:
> I like Pidgin. It's unique, kinda catchy, has an actual, relevant
> meaning (IM speakers butcher language), and---most importantly---a
> purple pigeon
> (http://www.english-country-garden.com/a/i/birds/wood-pigeon-1.jpg)
> would be a super fitting logo!
> 
> The lawyers have cleared Pidgin; it's ok to use. They've also cleared
> Cohort.
> 
> I say we settle on Pidgin, start registering domains, setting up
> servers, etc. I can work on a Pidgin-renaming patch.

I'll second that!  But pidgin.cc seems to be the only available
pidgin.TLD outside of other country TLD's.

> Does anyone hate Pidgin? Should we go with Cohort? Something else?
> and I went through a few drafts of the AOL settlement, and I've given
> them the OK to send it to AOL for comments. I've attached it here.

<snip>

> Paragraph 3: This is what they give up. They say that, with the
> exception of the trademark thing, they have no problem with anything
> we're doing regarding their intellectual property rights.

Computer code seems like it could be misconstrued...

<snip>

> 
> So. How about Pidgin?
> 

As I said above, sounds good, but we still need to figure out the domain
name(s).

-- 
Gary Kramlich <gr...@re...>