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ZitatAlles anzeigenAOL tries to shut down free mobile ICQ clone
The Mobicq project, creator of a free J2ME ICQ client, has come under attack by AOL, owner of ICQ Inc.
Appeared by Arent Fox PLLC, they requested us to cease all use of domain names that contain marks registered by AOL. We offered them to rename the Mobicq software, requested the permission to provide a link from our old domain mobicq.org to our new domain for some time, and assured to transfer all Mobicq domains to AOL afterwards.
AOL has not accepted this settlement. In addition, they now also request us to stop distribution or use of any cloned ICQ software or services. In short, AOL tries to shut down the Mobicq project.
Mobicq competes with AOL's commercial J2ME ICQ client, which is currently only available to O2 customers in the United Kingdom and Germany. Other customers must wait for their carriers to license AOL's commercial J2ME ICQ client, or take a look at Mobicq. This is understandably bothersome for AOL.
Regardless of AOL's disfavor of our settlement offer, Mobicq will be renamed 'Jimm', and all Mobicq domains will be transferred to AOL within the next few weeks.
About Mobicq
Mobicq is an ICQ clone for mobile devices, such as cellular phones. It is written using Java 2 Micro Edition (MIDP) and runs on mobiles from Siemens, Motorola, Nokia, and others. Mobicq is not affiliated with or endorsed by ICQ Inc.
The first Mobicq release was issued on 28th of April, 2003. Until now, about 160.000 page visits and 37.000 downloads were counted. Mobicq is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
diskussion in english only hier
schade, schade, muss aol wieder mit der brechstange ran, nur weil sie es nicht hinbekommen einen auch nur annähernd so guten client zu entwickeln? siehe auch das geschehen um trillian...
greetz
JohnnyT