XBMC NAME IS OVER

13 June 2010
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XBMC NAME IS OVER - WELCOME TO KODI

Δυστυχως φιλοι μου το XBMC τελειωσε σαν ονομασια
Απο τωρα θα ονομαζεται KODI

We are excited to announce that the media center software we’ve all loved for so many years will have a new name, starting with version 14. Instead of XBMC 14, we’d like to introduce you to Kodi 14.

Since 2002, the software known as XBMC has gone through three namings. First, it was called Xbox Media Player. Upon realizing that it did a bit more than your traditional media player, in 2004 the development team elected to rename it Xbox Media Center. A mere 4 years later in 2008, the team once again elected to rename the software to simply XBMC, given that it had moved on from its original roots on the Xbox. Support for the Xbox was dropped shortly thereafter. Today it’s all happening one last time.
Real World Problems

Six years have passed since the Xbox Media Center became XBMC, and simply put, β€œXBMC” fits less now than it did even in 2008. The software only barely runs on the original Xbox, and then only because some clever developers are still hacking on that platform. It has never run on the Xbox 360 or Xbox One.
Furthermore, while the software still acts as a media center, it also hosts addons, loads games, streams content to and from numerous devices, and can ultimately act as a complete replacement for whatever platform it is hosted on. Indeed, XBMC today is far more an Entertainment Center than a simple Media Center.
In essence both the β€œXB” and β€œMC” simply don’t make a whole lot of sense any more.
Legal Problems

Beyond the nonsensical nature of the software’s name, there is a secondary issue. Because β€œXBMC” was originally based on the name Xbox, the developers of the software (that’s us) have never had any sort of legal control over the use of its name, which has resulted in a whole slew of problems.
In the past few years, we have seen the mass confusion that resulted from this lack of control first hand. Users have been fooled into wasting money buying boxes running hacked and typically broken versions of XBMC. News sites and blogs have gotten caught in confusing language numerous times. Unrelated fan communities, often founded under the best of intentions, have found themselves under attack, simply because no guidelines existed to simplify the process of clearly distinguishing themselves from the XBMC Foundation. What’s more, the Foundation itself and all of its developers have always operated under a potential legal threat from other companies that did have a legal trademark in a similar name. And that legal threat has actually gotten more problematic in recent years.
Because all these problems have been getting more and more pronounced, the Foundation decided to review its options with the help of the legal team at the Software Freedom Law Center. In the end, it was decided renaming the software that we all love so much was the most realistic solution. We’ve done it twice before. We believe this time Kodi will be the name we can keep forever.
Results of the new name Kodi

The average user will see little difference with the new Kodi. The software will remain the same. Users will get to keep using the software however they like. The code will remain licensed under the GPL 2.0. We even intend to stick with our current numbering scheme. Our next release will be titled Kodi 14. Indeed, the most significant difference for most people will be a slightly altered splash screen on boot up.
For companies, fan sites, and add-on developer sites, this name change should actually make work substantially easier. The XBMC Foundation has elected to wholesale adopt the policies of the Mozilla Foundation with regards to distribution and trademark licensing. For more information for web hosts and hardware vendors, see our Trademark Use FAQ (currently a work in progress). Simply put we are happy to remain incredibly permissive with the 3rd Party use of the Kodi name, so long as that use doesn’t confuse other users and the community. The FAQ and Trademark Policy should help you navigate exactly what β€œconfusing” means to us.

As a bonus, you can grab the first Kodi 14.0 alpha2 build here.
 
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Kostas_Y

AVClub Fanatic
24 December 2009
13,466
North by Northeast
Τρία πουλάκια κάθονταν, έχω να πω εγώ... Άλλη δουλειά δεν έχουν; :p
Όπως γράφουν και στα σχόλια του site, σαν όνομα παιδικού παιχνιδιού είναι. Καμιά δυναμική. Κανείς δεν θα το λέει Kodi, όλοι XBMC θα το αποκαλούν. Το μόνο που θα χαλάσει είναι το path εγκατάστασης...

Βάλε και την έκδοση 14 που θα λέγεται "Helix", όπως μια απο τις χειρότερες τηλ. σειρές της σαιζόν. Δεν πάμε καλά...
 

Innersense

AVClub Enthusiast
31 January 2007
1,009
Είναι μια είδηση που φαινομενικά ακούγεται αδιάφορη. Το ότι αφορά όμως ένα από τα σημαντικότερα software που αλλάζει την χρήση του internet την κάνει από μόνο του σημαντική.
Ποιος ξέρει τι μπορεί να κρύβεται από πίσω...
 

Kostas_Y

AVClub Fanatic
24 December 2009
13,466
North by Northeast
Μήπως θέλει να το αγοράσει η Apple και προσπαθούν να απαλλαγούν απο οποιαδήποτε σύνδεση με την MS; :p
 
13 June 2010
3,048
Μηπως θελουν να παιρνουν πνευματικα δικαιωματα , απο εταιριες που βγαζουν media players , και χρησιμοποιουν αυτο το λογισμικο?
 

tuxx

Supreme Member
3 January 2014
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Re: XBMC NAME IS OVER - WELCOME TO KODI

Ας το πουν και Κώστα. Λίγο μας νοιάζει όσο το software που βγάζουν συνεχίζει να έχει την ποιότητα στην οποία μας έχουν συνηθίσει.
 

xamurabi

AVClub Addicted Member
9 February 2007
1,650
By the Lake
Εγώ από τη μεριά μου απορώ πως και δεν το είχαν αλλάξει μέχρι σήμερα.
Βέβαια το ... KODI με ξενερώνει ως όνομα, αλλά όσο με αφορά, αν πίσω από όλη αυτή την κίνηση δεν κρύβεται τίποτε άλλο ... , δεν με ενοχλεί τελικά -τελικά.

Υ.Γ.
Το "Κώστας" το προτιμώ ! LOL
 

host505

AVClub Addicted Member
12 September 2011
1,518
Πάντως οι λόγοι που τους οδήγησαν σε μια τέτοια απόφαση είναι ευλογότατοι. Εκτός του ότι το υπάρχον όνομα δεν έχει πλέον καμία σχέση με το software καθ'αυτό, δεν έχουν και κανέναν έλεγχο πάνω του, και απορώ πως τόσο καιρό το χρησιμοποιούν ανενόχλητοι. Να μην αναφέρουμε και τους κάθε τυχάρπαστους που εξ'αιτίας του παραπάνω το εκμεταλεύονται και βγάζουν χρήμα με τους κόπους και το ταλέντο άλλων.
Όχι πως θα αλλάξει 100% αυτό βέβαια με το νέο όνομα, είναι η φύση του open source αυτή.

Όσο για το όνομα καθ'αυτό... Οκ γούστα, προσωπικά ούτε μου πολυαρέσει ούτε με χαλάει ιδιαίτερα. Πάντως απ'ότι λένε στο team xbmc υπάρχουν πολλοί περιορισμοί στην διαθεσιμότητα ονομάτων, domains κλπ.