[wplug] AOL Opens AIM for Open Source (WAS: XML Daily Newslink. Wednesday, 05 March 2008)

[Zach]

Actually Pidgin/Gaim seems fairly popular. Even in China.

Zach

On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 2:56 PM, Brian A. Seklecki
<lavalamp at spiritual-machines.org> wrote:
>
>  F/OSS Related!  Probably in response to use-rejection of the new
>  Pidgim/Gaim branch.
>
>  Hope to see you all on Saturday!
>
>  ~BAS
>
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>  Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 03:34:33 -0500 (EST)
>  From: Robin Cover <robin at oasis-open.org>
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>  Subject: XML Daily Newslink. Wednesday, 05 March 2008
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>  AOL Opens AIM for Open Source
>  Sean Michael Kerner, InternetNews.com
>
>  For the last two years, AOL has been promoting its OpenAIM initiative
>  as a vehicle to enable developers to build their own AIM (AOL Instant
>  Messenger)-based clients. But there were issues with documentation that
>  got in the way of some projects. With the release of Open AIM 2.0 today,
>  AOL is aiming AIM at open source developers with more ease-of-use tools.
>  Among the major changes in Open AIM 2.0 is the fact that AOL is now
>  providing open documentation on its core OSCAR protocol (Open System
>  for CommunicAtion in Realtime), which powers AIM. Previously, open
>  source instant messaging client implementations of OSCAR had to
>  reverse-engineer the protocol instead of simply using a documented
>  protocol. Although Open AIM 2.0 provides open access to the OSCAR
>  protocols, developers need to do something for AOL in return. AOL
>  requires that developers choose two options from a list of five items
>  that must be added to an Open AIM-based client. The list includes the
>  addition of display ads, a link to include the AIM toolbar, showing AIM
>  buddy icons, displaying AIM buddy information or displaying the AIM
>  start page. Cypes noted that a number of open source AIM implementations
>  already provide the buddy icon and information features so he expects
>  no major issues. In addition to being open with OSCAR, Open AIM 2.0
>  also lifts the Open AIM 1.0 restriction on multi-headed clients. That
>  is to say, Open AIM will now allow users to build IM clients that
>  support AIM as well as IM protocols from other vendors, including Jabber
>  (XMPP), Yahoo, and Microsoft.
>
>  http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3732331/AOL+Opens+AIM+for+Open+Source.htm
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