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GNU IceCat
Developed by Gnuzilla team
Latest release 2. A software developer is a person or organization concerned with facets of the software development process wider than design and coding a somewhat broader scope of Gnuzilla, or GNUzilla is a derivation of the Mozilla Application Suite created by the GNU Project as an attempt to be entirely Free software. A software release is the distribution whether public or private of an initial or new and upgraded version of a Computer software product 0. 0. 13-g1
OS GNU/Linux
Genre Web browser
License MPL/GPL/LGPL tri-license
Website http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/

GNU IceCat, formerly known as GNU IceWeasel,[1] is a web browser distributed by the GNU Project. An operating system (commonly abbreviated OS and O/S) is the software component of a Computer system that is responsible for the management and coordination GNU ( pronounced) is a computer Operating system composed entirely of Free software. Linux (commonly pronounced ˈlɪnəks Computer software can be organized into categories based on common function type or field of use A web browser is a software application which enables a user to display and interact with text images videos music games and other information typically located on a A software license (or software licence in commonwealth usage is a Legal instrument governing the usage or redistribution of copyright protected software The Mozilla Public License (MPL is a free and Open source Software license. The GNU Lesser General Public License (formerly the GNU Library General Public License) or LGPL is a Free software license published by the Free Software A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages A web browser is a software application which enables a user to display and interact with text images videos music games and other information typically located on a The GNU Project is a Free software, Mass collaboration project announced in 1983 by Richard Stallman. IceCat, which is made entirely of free software, is a fork of Mozilla Firefox. Free software or software libre is Software that can be used studied and modified without restriction and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified In Software engineering, a project fork happens when developers take a copy of Source code from one software package and start independent development It is compatible with the GNU and Linux operating systems. GNU ( pronounced) is a computer Operating system composed entirely of Free software. Linux (commonly pronounced ˈlɪnəks An operating system (commonly abbreviated OS and O/S) is the software component of a Computer system that is responsible for the management and coordination

The GNU Project aims with IceCat to provide a version of the Mozilla Firefox browser which is kept in synchronization with upstream development of Firefox while removing the proprietary artwork and software plugin repositories used in the official release by the Mozilla Corporation, which are classified as non-free by certain free software advocates. Proprietary software is Computer software on which the producer has set restrictions on use private modification copying, or republishing. The Mozilla Corporation (abbreviated MoCo) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation that coordinates and integrates the development of Internet Proprietary software is Computer software on which the producer has set restrictions on use private modification copying, or republishing. [2]

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Features

The main advantage of GNU IceCat is that it is entirely free software. [3] Differences from the official Firefox release:

History

Origins of the name

As required by trademark law, in order to keep its trademark Mozilla enforces trademarks according to its stated policy and can deny the use of the name "Firefox" to unofficial builds that fall outside certain guidelines. URL redirection, also called URL forwarding, domain redirection and domain forwarding, is a technique on the World Wide Web for making a [4] Unless distributions use the binaries supplied by Mozilla, fall within the guidelines, or else have special permission, they must compile the Firefox source with a compile-time option enabled that creates binaries without the official branding of Firefox and related artwork, using either the built-in free artwork, or artwork provided at compile time. [4]

This policy led to a long debate within the Debian Project in 2004 and 2005. Debian ( pronounced) is a computer Operating system composed entirely of Free and open source software. During this debate, the name "Iceweasel" was coined to refer to rebranded versions of Firefox. The first known use of the name in this context is by Nathanael Nerode,[5] in reply to Eric Dorland's suggestion of "Icerabbit". [6] It was intended as a parody of "Firefox. "[3] Iceweasel was subsequently used as the example name for a rebranded Firefox in the Mozilla Trademark Policy,[4] and became the most commonly used name for a hypothetical rebranded version of Firefox. By January 1, 2005, rebranding was being referred to as the "Iceweasel route". [7]

The term "ice weasel" appeared earlier in a line fictionally attributed by Matt Groening to Friedrich Nietzsche: "Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. Matthew Abram Groening (ˈɡreɪnɪŋ GRAY-ning) (born February 15 1954 is an American Cartoonist, television producer and writer from Portland Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (October 15 1844 August 25 1900 ( was a nineteenth-century German philosopher and classical philologist At night, the ice weasels come. "[8]

Debian was originally given permission to use the trademarks, and adopted the Firefox name. [9] However, because the artwork in Firefox has a proprietary copyright license which is not compatible with the Debian Free Software Guidelines, the substituted logo had to remain. The Debian Free Software Guidelines ( DFSG) is a set of guidelines that the Debian Project uses to determine whether a software license is a Free software license [10] In 2006, Mozilla withdrew their permission for Debian to use the Firefox name due to significant changes to the browser that Mozilla deemed outside the boundaries of its policy, changes which Debian felt were important enough to keep, and Iceweasel was revived in its place.

Gnuzilla IceWeasel release

In August 2005,[11] the Gnuzilla project adopted the IceWeasel name for a Firefox distribution[11] using free artwork. Gnuzilla, or GNUzilla is a derivation of the Mozilla Application Suite created by the GNU Project as an attempt to be entirely Free software.

The first Gnuzilla IceWeasel release was based on the 1. 5. 0. 4[12] version of Firefox. There was no release based on Firefox 1. 5. 0. 5 or 1. 5. 0. 6. The current version is 2. 0. 0. 13-g1, released in April 2008.

Change of name

On 23 September 2007, one of the developers announced on the official mailing list for Gnuzilla that the next release would be branded IceCat. The reason cited was that Debian was already using the name IceWeasel before Gnuzilla was, and to avoid confusion because both forks are independent of each other. Debian ( pronounced) is a computer Operating system composed entirely of Free and open source software. [1] The name change took place as planned and IceCat is the current name. [3]

Distribution

IceCat is available as a free download for the 32-bit, i386 architecture. The range of Integer values that can be stored in 32 bits is 0 through 4294967295 or −2147483648 through 2147483647 using Two's complement encoding Both binaries and source are available, though the current build is available only for GNU/Linux. GNU ( pronounced) is a computer Operating system composed entirely of Free software. Linux (commonly pronounced ˈlɪnəks

Licensing

Gnuzilla is available under the MPL/GPL/LGPL tri-license that Mozilla uses for source code. The Mozilla Public License (MPL is a free and Open source Software license. The GNU Lesser General Public License (formerly the GNU Library General Public License) or LGPL is a Free software license published by the Free Software Unlike Mozilla, IceCat's default icons are under the same tri-license.

Proposed improvements

There have been some suggestions made for the Google Summer of Code for 2008 to improve IceCat. [13] These include:

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Re: ice weasel. The Gnash project aims to create a free player and Browser plugin for the Adobe Flash file format and replace the Proprietary software niche Gnuzilla, or GNUzilla is a derivation of the Mozilla Application Suite created by the GNU Project as an attempt to be entirely Free software. The Mozilla Firefox project was created by Dave Hyatt and Blake Ross as an experimental branch of the Mozilla project The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of Web browsers Please see the individual products' articles for further information Retrieved on 2007-12-21. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian
  2. ^ List of What's Removed.
  3. ^ a b c d e Gnuzilla Homepage
  4. ^ a b c Mozilla Trademark Policy.
  5. ^ Nathanael Nerode 27 Feb 2004 email to debian-legal.
  6. ^ Eric Dorland 27 Feb 2004 email to debian-devel.
  7. ^ Joel Aelwyn 01 Jan 2005 email to debian-legal.
  8. ^ Groening, Matt (1986). Matthew Abram Groening (ˈɡreɪnɪŋ GRAY-ning) (born February 15 1954 is an American Cartoonist, television producer and writer from Portland Love Is Hell. Pantheon Books. Pantheon Books is an American imprint with Editorial independence that is part of the Knopf Publishing Group which was acquired by Random House ISBN 0394744543.  
  9. ^ Gervase Markham 14 Jun 2005 email to debian-devel.
  10. ^ Gervase Markham 19 Jun 2005 email to debian-devel.
  11. ^ a b Gnuzilla/IceWeasel Project Application.
  12. ^ IceWeasel 1.5.0.4 Download location.
  13. ^ Summer of Code project suggestions for GNU. Retrieved on 2008-04-13. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1111 - Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople

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