On Tue, Aug 07, 2018 at 10:54:36PM -0700, Rick Moen wrote: > Quoting Steve Litt (sl...@troubleshooters.com): > > > Your mileage may vary, but I kicked all Palemoon off all my computers > > after they treated a person like this: > > > > https://github.com/jasperla/openbsd-wip/issues/86 > > Hello, Friend Citizen! Would you like to learn about open source? The > first lesson is: Open source rights need attach only to source code. > If developers apply buttheaded restrictions on official binaries > compiled and distributed by Moonchild Productions, that is neither > relevant to open source not a significant problem because, hi, we're the > open source world, and we have compilers. > > The second lesson is the open source rights need attach only to > unbranded builds. If developers apply buttheaded restrictions on any > builds using the official name or logo, that is neither relevant to open > source nor a significant problem because, he, we're the open source > world and can easily supply names and logos of our own. > > Offered for your consideration: the name 'Brightsun'. Finding a > permissive-licensed logo of a bright sun is left as an exercise for the > reader, and is in short not brain surgery.
Don't the Palemoon people already recommend the name NewMoon for unbranded distribution? I like the name BrightSun, though, except that it reminds me of the times migraines make me photofugic. -- hendrik > > But, but, but: 'Brightsun won't start out with high name recognition.' > (I promise to duly cry a river over this.) > > > > I immediately uninstalled Palemoon from all my computers. > > May I lend you a compiler? Two? They're cheap. > > -- > Cheers, "I am a member of a civilization (IAAMOAC). Step back > Rick Moen from anger. Study how awful our ancestors had it, yet > r...@linuxmafia.com they struggled to get you here. Repay them by > appreciating > McQ! (4x80) the civilization you inherited." -- David Brin > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
