XBMC Is Getting a New Name – Introducing Kodi 14
The XBMC media center will be renamed Kodi. "Six
years have passed since the Xbox Media Center became XBMC, and simply put,
“XBMC” fits less now than it did even in 2008. The software only barely
runs on the original Xbox, and then only because some clever developers are
still hacking on that platform. It has never run on the Xbox 360 or Xbox
One." Trademarks were another reason for name change. The project
was unable to trademark XBMC, leading to issues with hacked and broken
implementations of the software being sold as "XBMC". Kodi is now a
registered trademark of the XBMC Foundation.