[PLUG] browser dinosaur cries for help!

M. Edward (Ed) Borasky znmeb at cesmail.net
Thu Dec 4 03:02:07 UTC 2008


Tim wrote:
>> 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.

Yeah ... interestingly enough, though, openSUSE recently changed their
license. They now only put re-distributable software on their release
media. The discussion, if you're interested, is here:

http://zonker.opensuse.org/2008/11/26/opensuse-sports-a-new-license-ding-dong-the-eulas-dead/




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