> For a long time our primary mail was Thunderbird, but a libre version > with free addons eliminating non-free addons, but thunderbird has a > issue; this program has non-free trademark licensing.
The specific problem is that it disallows selling unmodified copies and requires rebranding modified versions, the second part isn't a problem (since modifications already require changing the program; other free programs like TeX have a similar requirement), except when someone modifies it to e.g. not recommend nonfree addons while not rebranding it. (Would call it one of available mail clients, haven't seen it named a "primary mail".) > Debian Icedove exists for two purposes; because of the trademark > issues, and in order to meet Debian quality standards, but this > program is not free because contains non-free addons and non-free > searchplugins. We don't call such programs nonfree. Addons are recommended, not included; aren't searchplugins trivial files stating how to access an external search engine (we don't run these, so they have different problems than free or nonfree software)? > So, Márcio Silva (coadde) and André Silva (emulatorman) began creating > a libre version of Icedove without non-free addons and non-free > searchplugins including the advantage of free trademark provided by > Icedove. Icedove is a trademark? (This will probably make having a Thunderbird-like mail client on mips64el easier.)
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