Comment Re:Jabber for what, and for who? (Score 3, Informative) 125
The allegation that Jabber, Inc. "has patents on stuff you need to implement jabber" is absurd and ill informed. Jabber, Inc. did not even exist when Jabber started, and because Jabber has kept everything in the public eye, and basically put the protocol in the public domain, it's near impossible for Jabber, Inc. to actually own any part of it. Yes, they own the trademark, but as stpeter pointed out it is being transferred to the JSF. It's also true that Jabber, Inc. has many commercial products, but the open source community has something equivalent to most of them.
As to their commitment to the open source community they have people such as myself and stpeter on their payroll that really only work on open source projects and tools. Neither of us have worked on any of the commercial projects in quite a long time.
As to their commitment to the open source community they have people such as myself and stpeter on their payroll that really only work on open source projects and tools. Neither of us have worked on any of the commercial projects in quite a long time.
