Finding a new home for Thunderbird

The Mozilla Foundation has (in the guise of Gervase Markham) posted anupdate on the process of spinning off the Thunderbird mail client as aseparate project. As part of that, they engaged Simon Phipps to write upasurvey of possible new homes [PDF] for the project. "Havingreviewed the destinations listed below together with several others whichwere less promising, I believe there are three viable choices for a futurehome for the Thunderbird Project; Software Freedom Conservancy, TheDocument Foundation and a new deal at the Mozilla Foundation. None of thesethree is inherently the best, and it is possible that over time the projectmight seek to migrate to a 'Thunderbird Foundation' as a permanent home(although I would not recommend that as the next step)."