Gaim Renamed — Now Pidgin IM

An anonymous reader writes "Announced on the Gaim mailing lists earlier today, the Gaim project is being renamed. This follows a lengthy and, unfortunately, secret legal process with AOL, which also prevented any code releases except betas. The project will now be known as Pidgin IM. Development is being migrated off of sourceforge.net as well and is now being hosted on developer.pidgin.im"

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Thanks Guys

[MasterOfMagic]

This is a sad day. Yes, I'm sure version 2.0 will be great, and we'll see a lot of features, but it highlights how screwed up the legal system is. If you go to the main gaim page (http://gaim.sf.net/) and read about the history of gaim, you'll see that it was called gaim before AOL trademarked AIM. What sort of legal system allows you to steal legally like this? Does this mean I can trademark fAIM for "Fuck AOL Instant Messenger"? On that note:

AOL, fuck you. Seriously. You've done nothing but retard the Internet. Ever since the September that never ended, you have been nothing but a bunch of freeloading jerkoffs. I hope all of you die of ass cancer and we run out of pain killers. May your children grow up to be like the Menendez brothers. You are nothing but a much of monkey fucking suits puffing on cigars as you torch that which made you rich. I hope you all die in a fire and die of anal rape.

This is the first post on Slashdot where I'll probably be modded troll or flamebait, and I accept that. I just think that people who are angry should get a release from this too.

Again, fuck you, AOL.

Re:A much better name!

[Nasarius]

I didn't say "most people"; I said educated people who read books (and not just airport novels) for pleasure. I have no idea where I first came across the word, but it was before I graduated high school.