Re: [linux-audio-dev] LAAGA name

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] LAAGA name
From: thanigai mani (vnisor_AT_onebox.com)
Date: Thu Jul 26 2001 - 23:33:01 EEST

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---- Steve Harris <S.W.Harris_AT_ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 11:38:12AM -0400, Paul Davis wrote:
> > would it be too dreadfully obnoxious and steinberg sniping to rename
> > LAAGA as "FreeWire" ? 
> 
> Weeeell....
> 
> FreeWire sounds much more like a thing for freely wireing together
> free audio
> apps in a free way.
> 
> freewire.org has gone, laaga.org hasn't.
> 
> There are allready lots of things called FreeWire (bands, isps etc.),
> Laaga appears to be a Hindu word, but appart from that there the only
> hits
> on google are linux audio related.
> 
> FreeWire may piss off Steinberg, while this may be and end in itsself,
> look what happend to Killustrator. I'm not too hot on trademark laws,
> but
> they definatly frown on that sort of thing.
> 
> FreeWire sounds vaguely like drugs reference, LAAGA sounds like a Beer
> reference ;)
> 
> Pretty 50/50 imho.
> 
> - Steve
> 

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