[yeldarb]

We’re not affiliated with any of the researchers.

The many people taking issue with “v5” because it’s not by the same author as “v4” but not with “v4” even though it’s not the same author as “v3” are the “fanbases” I was referring to.

FWIW, the YOLOv4 author noted he's not opposed to Ultralytics's project (https://i.imgur.com/G00DyrX.png) as long as model comparisons are fair.

And Redmon has shared he's happy for anyone to use the YOLO name https://twitter.com/pjreddie/status/1272618558254534657

I don’t think I’m going to convince you that we don’t have some kind of hidden agenda, but we’ll continue to provide support and information about all of the new models.

[sk0g]

YOLOv4's authors were connected to previous ones to some extent at least, unlike YOLOv5's 'authors'. I don't particularly care either way, but attacking people put off by intentionally confusing naming is probably not the best move if you're trying to establish credibility.

[nl]

The YOLOv5 author has a widely used YOLOv3 implementation too. Having said that, I don't think it's a naming choice I'd have made.

But the OP is blaming the unaffiliated blog post authors for something they are just reporting.

[yeldarb]

Apologies if I appeared to be attacking anyone. That certainly wasn’t the intention.