On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 10:20:26PM -0500, Nathanael Nerode wrote: > asac@jwsdot.com wrote: > >OK, let's say I rename the package to 'somebird' and want to produce a good > >package for debian. Should I use a patched orig.tar.gz or is it ok to > >distribute the source as provided by upstream (of course without the > >trademarked icons) and patch the rest (e.g. thunderbird mozilla) during > >build? > > As long as we're discussing names.... > > I kind of like "somebird", actually. It's cute and non-confusing. :-) > > For firefox, "iceweasel" has the amusing advantage of being directly in the > Mozilla trademark licencing policy, thanks to my use of that name really > early in the discussion. :-) It might be pretty easy to "standardize" it > among different "option 3" distributors for that reason. > > Of course, it is now in use as the abstract name for a renamed version, so > maybe it wouldn't be so good to use it for a specific version. > > A name for the suite is hard. Along similar veins, but closer, would be "icekitsune". But perhaps it doesn't flow off the tongue very well. ObGeneralTopic: I don't have a deep and abiding interest in using, or not using, the trademarked names, but for reasons I will elucidate in another thread, I suspect that the iceweasel route may be the only *practical* one for Debian to take. -- Joel Aelwyn <fenton@debian.org> ,''`. : :' : `. `' `-
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