All over a stupid logo problem, it seems like there are various groups looking to split off from Firefox to create a new browser based on Firefox where you can modify the logo?

At least that is what I am reading over at DesktopLinux.com:

Gnuzilla, part of the Free Software Foundation’s GNU Project, is creating “the ‘GNU/Linux’ version of same, to be dubbed ‘IceWeasel.’” This may, or may not, become the logo-free version of Firefox that Debian will ship in its next distribution.

Don Armstrong, a Debian developer who is active in legal issues affecting free software, told me, “The issue here is purely the license on the firefox logo; all parts of the Debian distribution have to be modifiable by those to whom we distribute. The firefox logo cannot be modified, and so we cannot ship it. Instead, we have been shipping the logo which is freely licensed.”

Does this whole thing make any sense to anyone? I really don’t want to see forks of Firefox, as it is only going to complicate thing and weaken Firefox in its fight against Internet Explorer, much like having a zillion Linux distros makes it hard for Linux to directly fight Microsoft in marketing and other arenas. Though I am sure some people will think different.

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