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The XBMC Project Will Now Be Called Kodi

Posted by Soulskill on from the lessons-in-picking-a-name dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Citing the problems caused by the lack of legal control over the current name and its long outdated origins as the reasons for the change, The Xbox Media Center team announced that they will switch the project's name to Kodi when version 14 is released later this year. If you're wondering how they picked the name Kodi, here's what they said: "We considered a TON of names. We had a number of requirements for the new name, such as being reasonably pronounceable in various languages and not be a mouthful to say, not be used as a trademark for someone else's media-related product, be easy to remember, etc. The group came up with a list of names and had our lawyer go over them. We then got back a smaller list that had been checked for various legal issues, and then we voted on the final name."

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  1. Like the German discount store Kodi? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Good choice, guys.

    1. Re: Like the German discount store Kodi? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Kobi works well enough.

      Obviously not well enough since you couldn't even remember the correct name.

    2. Re: Like the German discount store Kodi? by NemosomeN · · Score: 5, Funny

      Stop being an asshole. They aren't even using the name yet, so it's not surprise that people aren't familiar with it yet. Once Godi is released and people are using it, you can try to gauge how memorable the name is.

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  2. Re:This naming trend has to stop by ihtoit · · Score: 4, Funny

    ah bollocks, time for the second choice then: The Roof Shingles.

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  3. Re:This naming trend has to stop by ihtoit · · Score: 3, Funny

    a FUFMe programming interface?

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  4. Re:This naming trend has to stop by BronsCon · · Score: 3, Funny

    Is it cool if I claim to know you? Then, I'll know someone who uses Visio, which will make it the exception that proves the rule :)

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  5. Re:This naming trend has to stop by dbraden · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nice, you now have Karnal knowledge!

  6. Re:Redefine by Sertis · · Score: 4, Funny

    In the spirit of GNU, they should just make it Xbmc Based Media Center

  7. Re:My Recommendations for an Acronym by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Xtremely Bodacious Man Cave

  8. well, crap by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    this is going to make the 'XBMC' tattoo I got last month quite difficult to explain to people