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[multiple issues] Fix and possibly rebrand Thunderbird
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As mentioned in https://libreplanet.org/wiki/List_of_software_that_does_not_respect_the_Free_System_Distribution_Guidelines

Description: Email client
Homepage: http://www.mozillamessaging.com/thunderbird/
Problem: Recommends non-free software (extensions) and non-free searchplugins.
Recommended Fix: Change link to point to GNUzilla's list of free addons and apply searchplugins-libre.patch to remove non-free search plugins replacing them with duckduckgo and identi.ca.
References: Parabola GNU/Linux - Bugs: bug #81, thunderbird-libre has non-free searchplugins (Freedom issue #81)
Copyright file: thunderbird copyright file
(Source) package name(s): icedove, thunderbird

@todd should we maybe rebrand it as well?

P.S. we need to check PureOS against that list.

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todd added a comment.Apr 6 2017, 14:45

Is icedove dead? if so, we may be looking at PureMail...

zlatan.todoric added a subscriber: francois.Apr 8 2017, 16:53

Yea, Debian changed it from Icedove to Thunderbird so we sync'ed that in. I guess good time for PureMail, adding @francois so he is aware we will need some artwork.

mak lowered the priority of this task from Unbreak Now! to High.Aug 18 2017, 22:02
jonas.smedegaard claimed this task.May 19 2018, 10:01
jonas.smedegaard added a subscriber: chris.lamb.
jonas.smedegaard renamed this task from Fix and possibly rebrand Thunderbird to [multiple issues] Fix and possibly rebrand Thunderbird.Jun 12 2021, 04:24
jonas.smedegaard lowered the priority of this task from High to Low.
jonas.smedegaard added subtasks: T271: PureOS tolerates third-party user tracking (e.g. ads) in Mozilla applications, T107: PureOS leaks "fingerprints" in Mozilla applications by default.
jonas.smedegaard removed a project: Freedom.

This is a meta-issue tracking a bundle of issues, and as such not a Freedom issue (that is identified for each individual unbundled issue).