On Tue, Jun 17, 2008, Rick Welykochy wrote: > Crikies I must keep up. I'm only using Linux in serverland, > sans an X or GUI, so I am out of that loop. > > Why iceweasel over FF?
Short version: Debian does not want to distribute proprietary (not modifiable) artwork and branding such as the FF logos in their Free Software section. Mozilla does not want Debian to use the name "Firefox" without using the artwork. There are or were also some issues around Debian changing the source code, or rather, changing the source code while still using the name Firefox (you can change the source code of Free Software and redistribute, but you're not always granted the right to use the same name for it). An article from the time: http://www.linux.com/feature/57675 Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_software_rebranding -Mary -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
