Yahoo Sues Xfire

[scottyk87]

Made slashdot and cnet.

http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?si...5240&from=rss

http://news.com.com/Yahoo+sues+Xfire+fo...j=news.1047.5

[abysmal]

soaringxh3n wrote..

xfire supports CS thus i support xfire. fuk yahoo.

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lol damn i got to go to a new place for weather

ASE also supports CS. Yahoo now owns ASE. 'fuk' ASE too?

Josh29 wrote..

Goodbye xfire. Hello Friends?

Maybe if it stayed up often enough to be used!

[soaringxh3n]

ASE also supports CS. Yahoo now owns ASE. 'fuk' ASE too?



no fuk u and fuk yahoo =]

[entRo]

Here's the plan guys..



First, we're headed to DC to get that motherfucker Bush and the neocon assholes out of there. Then, we're taking down every major corporation who is fucking us over from behind, and take down WTO with it. Then you can use Xfire or whatever else you want.



Then we're going to have the most massive American Gladiators-esque joust match the world has ever seen.. and peace will reign forever.

[mcmoohee]

Ro@dKill wrote..

Better check your ASE the next time you fire it up and see who is taking over.

Bastards...what a shame, ASE was the shit. Not to say it still isn't the shit, but prepare to watch it sink. I wish someone would fix Friends.

[Thortok2000]

The question is whether they somehow stole the technology, or created it themselves.



Seriously, programming is trying to figure out how to get a computer to do what you want it to do.



If in this case, you want it to do basically the same thing as another program, then chances are, even if you come up with the code yourself and don't steal it, it's going to be basically the same thing as another program.



I don't understand what the problem is. There's several operating systems, several word processors, several internet browsers, e-mail checkers, instant messengers. So why not several game-type instant messengers? What makes this so unique that it's patent infringement?



I don't get it.

[KuRRupT]

i have stopped using ANY yahoo made product overall (ASE was NOT made by yahoo, so I still use it).



yahoo should go to hell.

[HankPym]

Good to see so many people here are knowledgable about copyright infringement and intellectual property, and are willing to take well-reasoned look at things.



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I'm going to go cry myself to sleep now.

[Buddah]

Steam Friends on the other hand won't be the causr of a lawsuit. For once Steam wins. :P

[Yuseftps]

I now loath Yahoo i can understand why they made xfire with no realtion to Yahoo, instead of stealing it they saved it from the evil clutches of yahoo. Does xfire really earn money? You dont pay for it. So why does Yahoo have there knickers in a knot?

[xlokix]

Yuseftps wrote..

I now loath Yahoo i can understand why they made xfire with no realtion to Yahoo, instead of stealing it they saved it from the evil clutches of yahoo. Does xfire really earn money? You dont pay for it. So why does Yahoo have there knickers in a knot?

Yes, xfire earns a lot of money. Yahoo has good reasoning, some xfire dev's worked on yahoo, then quit, and used part of Yahoo for xfire. I would be mad if I was Yahoo.

[soaringxh3n]

Thortok2000 wrote..

The question is whether they somehow stole the technology, or created it themselves.



Seriously, programming is trying to figure out how to get a computer to do what you want it to do.



If in this case, you want it to do basically the same thing as another program, then chances are, even if you come up with the code yourself and don't steal it, it's going to be basically the same thing as another program.



I don't understand what the problem is. There's several operating systems, several word processors, several internet browsers, e-mail checkers, instant messengers. So why not several game-type instant messengers? What makes this so unique that it's patent infringement?



I don't get it.

i dont get it too

[xlokix]

No, one program can do the same exact thing as another but be coded very very differently.

[greenshit]

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i would be mad if somebody stole my product and alter it and claim it as their own also



a common person would also



you guys are only siding with xfire because you use it



yahoo has every right to sue

[ShittingBasterd]

crankerdevil wrote..

Wow talk about being clueless. Xfire breaks the law by illegally producing a product that uses technology copyrighted by Yahoo and that makes Yahoo the bad guy?

If you would check the quote in my post you would see that I'm NOT

talking about Xfire. By the way, it's not copyrighted!