Read also : Court Grants Twitter Subpoena To Identify Source Code Leaker “There was a time when Thunderbird’s future was uncertain, and it was unclear what was going to happen to the project after it was decided Mozilla Corporation would no longer support it,” Kewisch wrote. Kewisch acknowledged the uncertain status of Thunderbird in his blog. Three years later in 2015 Mozilla did just that, when it dropped development on the email client, saying that it would only deliver security and maintenance updates in the future. In 2012 for example, the Mozilla Foundation announced it would cut back on development of the Thunderbird email client, to focus more on Firefox. Thunderbird’s future had been in doubt for a number of years now. “This will not impact Thunderbird’s day-to-day activities or mission: Thunderbird will still remain free and open source, with the same release schedule and people driving the project.”

“This move has been in the works for a while as Thunderbird has grown in donations, staff, and aspirations,” wrote Kewisch. News of the move was confirmed this week in a blog post by Philipp Kewisch, chair of the Thunderbird Council. While some may worry this will allow Mozilla to monetise the project, Mozilla has said that the move will mean that “Thunderbird will still remain free and open source.” The Thunderbird project has been moved a new, wholly owned subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation, called MZLA Technologies Corporation. The future of the Thunderbird email client may be a bit more secure after the Mozilla Foundation confirmed it is moving.

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