On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 08:37:29AM +0200, Irrwahn wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Jun 2016 02:04:08 -0400 (EDT), Peter Olson wrote:
> > On June 14, 2016 at 1:43 AM Irrwahn <irrwahn@???> wrote:
> >> On Tue, 14 Jun 2016 00:37:59 -0400 (EDT), Peter Olson wrote:
> >>>
> >>> This is why there is Iceweasel instead of Firefox.
> >>
> >> Not anymore. It's plain "firefox" from Ascii (=Stretch) on.
> >
> > Well, I'm on Devuan Jessie.
> >
> > In Ascii, what are you really running?
>
> Palemoon. SCNR; jokes aside:
>
> > In Devuan Jessie, if I type firefox at the command prompt, it starts Iceweasel.
>
> From Debian Stretch (= Devuan Ascii) on there is no more
> Iceweasel, but just Firefox and Firefox-ESR.

Yes, it seems Debian signed some kind of deal with Mozilla that made
that possible. We might have to continue calling it iceweasel unless
we sign a similar deal.

Or have they rerally changed the licence and trademark terms so that
isn't necessaary any more?

-- hendrik

>
> Quote from https://wiki.debian.org/Iceweasel:
>
> | As documented at the article The end of the Iceweasel Age[1],
> | Firefox is now in Debian again with the official name and
> | branding.
> |
> | At Mozilla's request (see 815006), Debian now contains Mozilla
> | “Firefox ESR” (Extended Support Release) as the firefox-esr
> | package. Normal Debian support policies, including patches for
> | bug fixes, apply to the package.
> |
> | [...]
> |
> | In Debian Stretch and later, the package iceweasel is a
> | transitional package which installs the firefox-esr package.
> | As of 9th of June, 2016 the package Firefox-ESR replaces
> | Iceweasel, and is in Wheezy and Jessie security repositories.
>
> [1] https://lwn.net/Articles/676799/
>
> Purportedly discussion is underway to rename Icedove Thunderbird.
>
> Regards
> Urban
>
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