Debian Fights Mozilla's Fire, Thunder With 'Ice'
Neither Mozilla Firefox nor Mozilla Thunderbird are likely to be in the next Debian GNU/Linux release. Mozilla is still hoping that it can come to an agreement with Debian but at this point it seems likely that Debian users will see IceWeasel (for Firefox) and IceDove (for Thunderbird).
The renaming comes after weeks of a sometimes bitter dispute between Mozilla and Debian about the latter's compliance with Mozilla's trademarks and usage policies for Mozilla applications.
There are two key issues in the dispute: logo usage and patch management.
Ubuntu Linux users will also be affected by the move since Ubuntu is derived from Debian and uses Debian's Mozilla packages.
Ubuntu users are keenly aware of the situation and have already begun the process of designing new logos for both IceWeasel and IceDove.
Mozilla's vice president for engineering, Mike Schroepfer isn't particularly pleased with the current outcome of the dispute with Debian.
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