[GRLUG] Debian Etch 4.0 Released

[john-thomas richards]

On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 02:17:54PM -0400, Nathan Drier wrote:
> Debian got in a fight with Firefox a while back because Firefox didnt
> approve of the way Debian used Firefoxs' name....or something like that.
> Now Debian develops its own version of FF called IceWeasel.

Debian does not develop its own version.  It uses the Firefox codebase
and alters the name and graphics to reflect "Iceweasel" rather than
"Firefox".  This is per the Mozilla Foundation's request.  Debian
alters most software anyway (back when Debian used XFree86 Debian
changed some 200,000 lines of code to Debianise it!) so this is not a
big issue for them.
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john-thomas
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