This is Rahul from "some web dev shop in India" i.e. @rtCamp.
I just want to share 2 links here:
http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buddypress-kaltura-media-component?rev=170759 (added on 05 Nov 2009)
http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bp-album?rev=216280 (added on 05 March 2010)
It clearly shows we came here first!
Regarding "buddypress-kaltura-media-component" to "buddypress-media" transition - in first release we had tight integration with kaltura, hence kaltura was part of our name.
In current buddypress-media, Kaltura is add-on feature hence it is no longer part of our name.
Every developer thinks his work is best so there is no point in asking for our opinion.
All I can say you that, there is a demand from users to create "BP-Album to BuddyPress-Media importer". Ref - https://github.com/rtCamp/buddypress-media/issues/152