On Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 08:54:59AM -0500, cothrige wrote: > * Nate Bargmann (n0nb@networksplus.net) wrote: > [snip] > > If the > > community decides that IceWeasel shall be the name of the DFSG free > > version of Firefox, then I have little problem with it so long as we > > are able to (legally) make the connection to its being Firefox without > > the branding restrictions. > > What confuses me about this is the existence of the GNU fork called > Iceweasel. Since the Firefox being considered for Debian will not be > the GNU IceWeasel, but instead simply a Firefox stripped of the name > and logos (if I have followed the comments on this topic so far), I > would think that there would be some real confusion in using this > name. I have been wondering why Debian would use a name which is > already being used for another project? And what if Debian decides to > include a package of the GNU browser later? > Hi Patrick, it is not unheard of when packages enter Debian that they face renaming. There are numerous examples. e.g. There was a tool called 'git', then Linus made a tool called git. They usualy find a prefix or suffix to tack on. There was some discussion and Linus's git was renamed to git-$SOMETHING. What would happen is that likeley the Gnu Iceweasle would be renamed to gnu-iceweaase, iceweasle-gnu or even GnuIceWeasle. cheers, Kev -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | debian.home.pipeline.com | | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org |
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