__/ [ Roy Schestowitz ] on Tuesday 26 September 2006 13:22 \__
> __/ [ JPB ] on Tuesday 26 September 2006 12:58 \__
>
>> The Ghost In The Machine wrote:
>>
>>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
>>> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote
>>> on Mon, 25 Sep 2006 23:23:14 +0100
>>> <1177229.OAQvzhRpln@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>>> Boy, am I sick of renaming this thing
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>> | Phoenix, that was a cool name. Damn you PhoenixBIOS. Firebird was
>>>> | good, and who needs another database anyway? Mozilla Firefox is a cute
>>>> | name, with a cute logo. A logo we can't use. Oh wait, we can't use the
>>>> | name either?
>>>> |
>>>> | So the Mozilla Corporation has asked us to stop using the name
>>>> | "Firefox" in our version of Firefox, unless we use the fox on a globe
>>>> | logo. We can't use the logo because its copyright license is not free.
>>>> | Even if somehow we could do this, they want to vet every patch we
>>>> | apply before we release a package called Firefox containing it.
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>> http://ze-dinosaur.livejournal.com/12083.html
>>>
>>> Hm. "Iceweasel" is the best they could come up with for the fork?
>>> Still, it might work. IMO, this dispute verges on stupidity, though.
>>> Then again, licensing can be like that.
>>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> There are some better suggestions than Iceweasel in the comments, such as:
>> Foxfire;
>> Freefox, OpenFox, WorldFox, DebFox;
>> Icehound, LightningHound;
>> FireHound, ThunderHound;
>> FireBrand, ThunderBrand;
>> FireFly, ThunderAnt;
>>
>> ok the last one wasn't in the comments, I just threw it in anyway to go
>> with FireFly.
>
> ThunderFox to combine both? A bit like SeaMonkey? I guess the latter might
> infridge some Microsoft copyrights (their boss who gos by the alias
> SickMonkey).
What do you know? *smile* They have a poll now...
http://ze-dinosaur.livejournal.com/12539.html
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