Re: I'd appreciate a credit

[Alexander Sack]

On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 11:31:56PM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote:
> There's no requirement to do so, but I'd really appreciate it if you credited 
> the origin of the name "IceWeasel" somewhere in the codebase or 
> documentation!
> 
> The name was originated by me, in the following message:
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2004/02/msg00279.html
> 
> It was coined as a loose parody of Firefox, but one which couldn't possibly 
> cause confusion and would therefore not raise any trademark issues.
>  (Ice isn't Fire and a Weasel isn't a Fox.)
> 
> I just fixed a false etymology in Wikipedia.
> 

Yes, please credit him ... I even had to argue on the original with
mozilla folks. They said it was *their* idea ... which is wrong.

 - Alexander

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