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> ,''`.
: :' :
`. `'
`-
Attachment:
signature.asc
Description: Digital signature