On 03/04/2015 01:25 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote:
>> I guess it is very likely that the first release of Devuan will use
>> >the re-branded Mozilla products.
>> >
>> >As far as I understood, the main reason for the re-branding is the
>> >Mozilla license that does not comply with DSFG
>> >(https://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines). Or the other
>> >way around? Sorry, I don't really understand licensing.
>> >
>> >Is Devuan going to use the exact same guideline? If not,is there any
>> >plan for Devuan to use Mozilla products as is in the future,
>> >especially Firefox and Thunderbird?

If I recall correctly - which I may not be - the problem was that if
Debian wanted to use the Firefox name and logo, then Firefox must
approve every patch in advance, even security updates. Debian said that
was/is ridiculous so they were not allowed to use the logo or the name
for any Mozilla software.

Quite frankly, I agree with that stance. It is stupid. But it is also
understandable. Mozilla does not want to be blamed for a bad patch they
had nothing to do with.

If I might offer an alternative suggestion? I'd rather see Devuan
default to Chromium with NAPI support than use Firefox, period. As for
Thunderbird, I see no reason to use Mozilla's version. Unless things
have changed since I last heard, it undermaintained anyway. Mozilla was
going to sunset the entire project, but outcry stop them. As far as I
know, they update it with new versions of XUL but do little else.

I don't think it has had new features not related to keeping up with
Firefox in over five years.

t.j.