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tus / tus-resumable-upload-protocol

Open Protocol for Resumable File Uploads
https://tus.io
MIT License
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What does Tus mean? What is it's origin? #128

Closed AndyOGo closed 6 years ago

AndyOGo commented 6 years ago

I'm curious of the name tus. What is its definition, where does it originate from. Or is it a pun?

kvz commented 6 years ago

In the beginning (2013) we were thinking along the lines of Transloadit Upload Server or The Upload Server but we rather quickly decided that no: tus is a self contained name and not an acronym at all. Lowercase usage is preferred as an homage to the unix philosophy and ecosystem which is of course inhabited by many modestly cased inventions & names.

AndyOGo commented 6 years ago

@kvz Ahhh, thank you for your quick response. That's very interesting and clarified the name for me.

May I ask you to add this somewhere as a footnote to the readme or official specs?

kvz commented 6 years ago

We could perhaps add it to the FAQ, but only if @Acconut agrees

AndyOGo commented 6 years ago

@kvz great idea:)

Acconut commented 6 years ago

We could perhaps add it to the FAQ, but only if @Acconut agrees

Sounds good to me. I am happy to accept a PR for this :)