Finding a new home for Thunderbird
The Mozilla Foundation has (in the guise of Gervase Markham) posted an
update on the process of spinning off the Thunderbird mail client as a
separate project. As part of that, they engaged Simon Phipps to write up
a
survey of possible new homes [PDF] for the project. "Having
reviewed the destinations listed below together with several others which
were less promising, I believe there are three viable choices for a future
home for the Thunderbird Project; Software Freedom Conservancy, The
Document Foundation and a new deal at the Mozilla Foundation. None of these
three is inherently the best, and it is possible that over time the project
might seek to migrate to a 'Thunderbird Foundation' as a permanent home
(although I would not recommend that as the next step)."