Cris@lemmy.world to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 month agoThunderbird "won't be adopting the firefox terms of use"mastodon.onlineexternal-linkmessage-square82fedilinkarrow-up1442arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1436arrow-down1external-linkThunderbird "won't be adopting the firefox terms of use"mastodon.onlineCris@lemmy.world to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square82fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarewarmaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·1 month agolol, what a shitshow. A product from the same company is distancing from the stench. Good on them, but it shows who did some things wrong.
minus-squareEngywook@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·1 month agoIf I remember correctly, Thunderbird isn’t a Mozilla product anymore but it’s maintained by the community. Mozilla just hosts it.
minus-squarejollyrogue@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoIt was community maintained, then MZLA Corp was formed under the Mozilla Foundation. Deals to house Thunderbird under other foundations fell through, which is why it’s still under the Mozilla Foundation.
minus-squarejollyrogue@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·1 month agoMZLA is a different subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation.
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoIt’s a different piece of software. It makes no sense for them to adopt the Firefox Terms of Use, no matter how they might think of them.
lol, what a shitshow. A product from the same company is distancing from the stench. Good on them, but it shows who did some things wrong.
If I remember correctly, Thunderbird isn’t a Mozilla product anymore but it’s maintained by the community. Mozilla just hosts it.
It was community maintained, then MZLA Corp was formed under the Mozilla Foundation. Deals to house Thunderbird under other foundations fell through, which is why it’s still under the Mozilla Foundation.
MZLA is a different subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation.
It’s a different piece of software. It makes no sense for them to adopt the Firefox Terms of Use, no matter how they might think of them.