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Mozilla Firebird becomes FirefoxMozilla Firebird becomes FirefoxPosted Feb 9, 2004 22:24 UTC (Mon) by tjc (guest, #137)In reply to: Mozilla Firebird becomes Firefox by rknop Parent article: Mozilla Firebird becomes Firefox When it takes this much effort for a free software organization to find a safe *name* for their project, it's clear that we've got some global issues with proprietization of words. What we really have is a global namespace issue. But I think it may work out for the best in this case. I would rather call my web browser "Firefox" (not to be confused with entertainment.movies.firefox) than "software dot webclients dot Firebird."
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Mozilla Firebird becomes Firefox Posted Feb 9, 2004 23:42 UTC (Mon) by rknop (guest, #66) [Link] Well, yes, we have that issue too.But the fact that you can't choose a name without hiring lawyers and searching proprietary databases, and that you are in danger of civil penalties if you choose wrong, is what really gets me all annoyed. -Rob ...speaking of which. My name is Rob. So are lots of other people's. Yet we seem to cope. -Rob
Mozilla Firebird becomes Firefox Posted Feb 10, 2004 15:37 UTC (Tue) by tjc (guest, #137) [Link] Sometimes you can't even use your own name.
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