Let the cute weasel live!
First you should read up on five reasons to kill or support
the weasel.
IceWeasel is Debian�s (and therefor Ubuntu�s) reply to the issues with Mozilla and their trademark policies which prohibits Ubuntu to distribute Firefox. IceWeasel is totally open source and does not restrict its trademark nor logo.
And yes, IceWeasel is just a re branded Firefox Web browser. But it is a step back into becoming free and open again. Remember: It is now the Mozilla Corporation and not the Mozilla Organization that distributes Firefox.
I hope IceWeasel will become what Firefox once was. And strip off Firefox�s Google AdSense code in the search field! That has annoyed me that it is not clearly stated that Firefox uses AdSense for Search to monetize their free and open browser.
And you must admit that IceWeasel�s logo is so much cuter than Firefox�s!
There have also been some rumours saying Thunderbird will turn into IceDove.
Copyright © 2007 Daniel Aleksandersen 2007-01-03 at 06:01
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3 comments
Firefox is both free and open. There's no one credibly challenging that. You can get the code and compile it like any other FLOSS app and there is nothing unfree in it.
If you want to call it Firefox, that's a different story. Trademarks are not code and we don't license our trademarks the way we do our code.
As for your comment about the Mozilla Foundation and Mozilla Corporation, the Mozilla Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation and the Mozilla Foundation still owns the Firefox trademark (and licenses it to the corporation.) The code is as it has always been, the property of its contributors.
Comment by Asa at 2007-01-03 @235.
I agree with the Debian theme on this one. They should be allowed to use a generic icon for the Web browser. Trademark policies which restrict this customisation also restrict the freedom of the application.
Comment by Daniel Aleksandersen at 2007-01-04 @710.
As I said in my article:
Just like the Debian name and logo are trademarks, that will be protected in the case of rip-offs or forks, so are the Firefox name and logo. If Mozilla doesn’t protect the Firefox name and logo now, it won’t have a foot to stand on legally when a malicious fork or rip-off will be published.
If Debian wants to display such ideological zealotry, claiming that complying with Mozilla’s trademark enforcement is against their social contract, shouldn’t they be as free with their own name and logo? Smells like hypocrisy to me…
Comment by Ben at 2007-02-17 @523.
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