Closed
Bug 74483
Opened 23 years ago
Closed 23 years ago
Let's Kill Mozilla. (the MASCOT, not the project)
Categories
(mozilla.org :: Miscellaneous, task)
mozilla.org
Miscellaneous
Tracking
(Not tracked)
VERIFIED
INVALID
People
(Reporter: jelwell, Assigned: asa)
Details
1) Mozilla is trademarked and copyrighted by Netscape. 2) Mozilla is the Netscape mascot - and has been long before Mozilla.org. People have always thought of Mozilla and Netscape as interchangable words. 3) Mozilla has been a green lizard for many years. The Giant (russian ad campaign artist) guy was watching too much Jurrasic park when he made the red mozilla (RED RAPTOR?! please.) 4) Mozilla is supposed to be an open community. Not a community where marketing and a mere few people decide the color and fate of the Mozilla icon. 5) The mozilla icon (color/look/etc) is not licensed openly!!! Who cares what color it is (I've seen blue Mozilla icons, does it really matter?). Let's kill it! Proper resolution of this bug requires mozilla.org to create a new mascot and get a new domain name, as well as many code/documentation changes to reflect the name change.
Comment 1•23 years ago
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Ah do believe, until the reporteer can come up with a better alternative by himself, he can stick this bug where the sun don't shine!
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Comment 2•23 years ago
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I'm surprised that more people aren't shocked that Netscape owns Mozilla.org as well as the Mozilla mascot that this great open community embraces. Sure, I love Mozilla - don't get me wrong, and I actually love the red mozilla (i've got a couple obey giant stickers from before the red mozilla was created, and i appreciate the style of art); but I just dislike seeing an open community embrace someone else's mascot as their own. That's like using Mickey Mouse as your mascot and then acting shocked years later when Disney shuts you down entirely.
Comment 3•23 years ago
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I don't see this as a problem. Eazel is copyrighted too and Ximian of course. And isn't Linux copyrighted by Linus? We don't need a new name. To make Mozilla really Netscape independet, we need this damn doublelicense. A GPLed Mozilla would make me sleep better. Cause GPL is a one way ticket, it can never be used for nonfree Applications, so Mozilla would stay free forever. And we could fork it, if Netscape someday looses interest in Opensource. I don't think that this will happen, but I also don't want do be dependent on the goodwill of a company. :) So what is the status of Mozilla relicensing? It would be also great for Gecko. Some really great Gecko based browsers could appear to make Gecko the most used Engine out there. And I think it would be the best thing, Netscape could do.
Comment 4•23 years ago
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*yawn*
If we don't need a new name, why do we need a new mascot? ***The Green Mozilla Army***
Comment 7•23 years ago
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what an unbelievably silly bug. marking it invalid and marking jelwell's forehead with iNoah's red "INSANE" rubber stamp.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 23 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
Comment 8•23 years ago
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Lay off the dragon, people!
Long live Mozilla!
>:-)
Comment 9•23 years ago
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Mozilla is green.
Comment 10•23 years ago
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Changed the summary to make it clear exactly what we are talking about.
Summary: Let's Kill Mozilla. → Let's Kill Mozilla. (the MASCOT, not the project)
Comment 11•23 years ago
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'Eazel is copyrighted too' eh eh and we can see NOW the problems !!
Comment 12•23 years ago
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MOZILLA IS GREEN!!@&$*@#(*$)&)(*!&@)^#&*^&(*!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment 13•23 years ago
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> Proper resolution of this bug requires mozilla.org to create a new mascot and > get a new domain name, as well as many code/documentation changes to reflect the > name change. Been there. Done that <http://www.beonex.com>. ;-P
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