![]() > However, I am much more relaxed about it than you are, because if the Pale Moon project is to fail indeed, I will still have the option to use something like Vivaldi or even Chrome.Ĭhrome isn’t even up for consideration. The Thunderbird team makes "meaningful progress in short order on operational and technical independence from Mozilla says….The Thunderbird Council and Mozilla Foundation "maintain a good working relationship and make decisions in a timely manner".To continue being Thunderbird's home for the foreseeable future, the following is required of the Thunderbird Council: ![]() While that sounds like a surprising turn of events at first, things won't be as they were when Mitchell Baker made the announcement back in 2015. Philipp Kewisch announced today on the official Mozilla Thunderbird website that the new home of the Thunderbird project is its old home. As long as Thunderbird doesn’t slow down the progress of Firefox, there seems to be no significant obstacles for continued co-existence. ![]() In many ways, there is more need for independent and secure email than ever. ![]() While Mozilla wants to be laser-focused on the success of Firefox, in recent discussions it was clear that they continue to have a strong desire to see Thunderbird succeed. This lead to an interesting revelation: while Mozilla wants to cut the ties to Thunderbird to improve and focus on Firefox development, it also wants the email client to do well, and does not really mind keeping it close under its own umbrella. The Council managed to generate revenue by collecting donations, and has also made the first steps to migrate the infrastructure. However, the Council feels these pain points would not be addressed by moving to TDF or SFC. ![]() These are pain points for both Thunderbird and Firefox, and we obviously want them resolved. But there are still pain points – build/release, localization, and divergent plans with respect to add-ons, to name a few. This arrangement has been working well from Thunderbird’s point of view. Legally our existence is still under the Mozilla Foundation through their ownership of the trademark, and their control of the update path and websites that we use. The reason why SFC and TDF were not picked as Thunderbird's new home is pointed out in the official blog post: ![]()
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