asterisk users - May 2008 - Zaptel project being renamed to DAHDI

Last week some changes were made in the Zaptel source code repository
referencing a new name (DAHDI) for that code. This has caused some
discussion (and confusion) in the community, since it occurred before we
had made a public announcement of the name change.

However, that announcement is now official, and is located here:

http://blogs.digium.com/2008/05/19/zaptel-project-being-renamed-to-dahdi/

In addition, there will be a Frequently Asked Questions page located at:

http://www.asterisk.org/zaptel-to-dahdi

We will post details on that page as we can over the next few days.

-- 
Kevin P. Fleming
Director of Software Technologies
Digium, Inc. - "The Genuine Asterisk Experience" (TM)

I am wondering two things:

1) What are the implications, trademark-wise, for 3rd party hardware
vendors? Will Digium crack down on the use of DAHDI name? Will some be
forced to call it the "Prominent North American Opensource Telephony
Vendor's Hardware Device Interface?" (PNAOTVHDI)

2) In the article you posted you reference more than just a simple
name change. How will this affect the use of 3rd party cards, e.g.
Sangoma. Is Digium committed to keeping DAHDI as open as Zaptel,
making it easy for 3rd party vendors to piggy-back their drivers onto
the architecture? Is digium trying to make these cards obsolete in
Asterisk 1.6?




On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 8:39 PM, Kevin P. Fleming <kpfleming at
digium.com> wrote:
> Last week some changes were made in the Zaptel source code repository
> referencing a new name (DAHDI) for that code. This has caused some
> discussion (and confusion) in the community, since it occurred before we
> had made a public announcement of the name change.
>
> However, that announcement is now official, and is located here:
>
> http://blogs.digium.com/2008/05/19/zaptel-project-being-renamed-to-dahdi/
>
> In addition, there will be a Frequently Asked Questions page located at:
>
> http://www.asterisk.org/zaptel-to-dahdi
>
> We will post details on that page as we can over the next few days.
>
> --
> Kevin P. Fleming
> Director of Software Technologies
> Digium, Inc. - "The Genuine Asterisk Experience" (TM)
>
>
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