This was really so much cooler than expected! Might actually use it to replace brain.fm when working.
I’d love to see this applied as a general streaming API ingestor, or even used for live tailing log files and playing sounds that match particular events.
(This is where people will comment below with all sorts of examples I haven’t heard of, one of the reasons I love HN)
how do trademarks work for this kind of thing. It's cool and I enjoyed it but I did at first think it was an official GitHub project and my rudimentary understanding of trademark law is that it's meant to prevent just that.
> In addition, you may not use any of the Marks as a syllable in a new word or as part of a portmanteau (e.g., "Gitalicious", "Gitpedia") used as a mark for a third-party product or service without Conservancy's written permission.
This is fascinating. Has GitHub received permission, or is their trademark in jeopardy? And, what about Gitlab, Gitea, and all?
The growth of git as a distributed service has suffered greatly at the hands of GitHub.. makes me wonder if the Git Conservancy would be inclined to push back.
Github was trademarked before git. The git trademark was only granted with a documented understanding they wouldn't conflict. Projects existing at that time got exceptions, and new ones are still sometimes granted.
Trademark law allows companiess to indicate the origin of products and services by giving rights for use, and/or registration, of words or images that indicate origin.
Use is not necessarily infringement.
I think here there is a genuine chance of confusion, so the disclaimer (in the website footer) is wise.
In domain names it's established precedent that there is always confusion unless the trademark is compounded - GitHubAudio.com might be fine - but if challenged then I think the github.audio domain would be handed over (by a EU or USA court).
Morally I find this domain causes obvious confusion and shouldn't be used: monitor github.audio, or something that isn't solely someone's else's RTM (for the same registered use) before the tld would be more clearly moral, IMO.
These sounds are likely chosen at random from a predefined list of sounds along a given musical scale; possibly the background drones also have a say in the matter.
Very similar Brian Eno's Bloom app in both design and sound. Except the GitHub data backend.
Some of my most productive work was done while listening to that app (and a lot of Brian Eno's ambient output).
There's an interview where he talks about how Bloom will never repeat in our lifetimes (or Reflections, one of the two). He wanted to achieve that with music for airports 1, but was limited by available technology.
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[ 4.0 ms ] story [ 91.2 ms ] threadI’d love to see this applied as a general streaming API ingestor, or even used for live tailing log files and playing sounds that match particular events.
(This is where people will comment below with all sorts of examples I haven’t heard of, one of the reasons I love HN)
Bit Listen was a bit distracting though, because it has some really oversized transactions.
Edit: Okay, I decided to not be lazy and provide more information.
Official Git trademark policy: https://git-scm.com/about/trademark
Also, if the OP / creator wants to, they can ask for wriiten permission to use the name. Although, I've read instances of them simply saying no.
> In addition, you may not use any of the Marks as a syllable in a new word or as part of a portmanteau (e.g., "Gitalicious", "Gitpedia") used as a mark for a third-party product or service without Conservancy's written permission.
The growth of git as a distributed service has suffered greatly at the hands of GitHub.. makes me wonder if the Git Conservancy would be inclined to push back.
EDIT: some more details: https://public-inbox.org/git/20170202022655.2jwvudhvo4hmueaw...
Use is not necessarily infringement.
I think here there is a genuine chance of confusion, so the disclaimer (in the website footer) is wise.
In domain names it's established precedent that there is always confusion unless the trademark is compounded - GitHubAudio.com might be fine - but if challenged then I think the github.audio domain would be handed over (by a EU or USA court).
Morally I find this domain causes obvious confusion and shouldn't be used: monitor github.audio, or something that isn't solely someone's else's RTM (for the same registered use) before the tld would be more clearly moral, IMO.
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Media/Autoplay_...
- https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/11/web-audio-...
You can read the source at https://github.audio/static/public/js/main.js and possibly infer some information from it/
Some of my most productive work was done while listening to that app (and a lot of Brian Eno's ambient output).
There's an interview where he talks about how Bloom will never repeat in our lifetimes (or Reflections, one of the two). He wanted to achieve that with music for airports 1, but was limited by available technology.
Make sure you guys turn the volume down before clicking on anything.