[PLUG] browser dinosaur cries for help!

Carlos Konstanski ckonstanski at pippiandcarlos.com
Wed Dec 3 16:41:43 UTC 2008


On Wed, 3 Dec 2008, Tim wrote:

> Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 08:30:06 -0800
> From: Tim <tim-pdxlug at sentinelchicken.org>
> Reply-To: "General Linux/UNIX discussion and help;	civil and on-topic"
>     <plug at lists.pdxlinux.org>
> To: "General Linux/UNIX discussion and help\\;	civil and on-topic"
>     <plug at lists.pdxlinux.org>
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] browser dinosaur cries for help!
> 
>> IceWeasel is a
>> Debian religious gimmick. What does Debian call Thunderbird? IceChicken?
>> Wait ... I remember ... IceDove. BAH!
>
> Do not all great movements degrade into a racket?
>
> This is what Debian policies try to prevent, and have done well so far.
> The Debian folks merely try to preserve what is core to open source:
> the ability to freely distribute software without restriction.
>
> It is unfortunate the Mozilla Foundation and Mozilla Corporation do not
> have similar policies.  They have already started down the path to a
> racket.
>
> tim

Gentoo has BonEcho, which is a non-branded firefox.  It seems to be
firefox in all but name.  Is this a similar concept to the debian Ice*
packages?

Carlos



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