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Mozilla Sunbird
	Mozilla Sunbird main window running under Windows Vista
Developer(s)	Mozilla Foundation and community
Final release	1.0 Beta 1 (March 30, 2010; 14 years ago) [±]
Preview release	1.0 Beta 1 (March 30, 2010; 14 years ago[1]) [±]
Written in	C++, XUL, XBL, JavaScript
Operating system	Windows, Linux, BSD UNIX, OS X, Solaris, OpenSolaris and OS/2
Available in	Multilingual,[which?] EULA in English only
Type	Personal information manager
License	MPL 1.1, MPL 1.1/GNU GPL/GNU LGPL tri-license
Website	www.thunderbird.net/en-US/calendar/

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Mozilla Sunbird is a discontinued free and open-source, cross-platform calendar application that was developed by the Mozilla Foundation, Sun Microsystems and many volunteers.^[3] Mozilla Sunbird was described as "a cross platform standalone calendar application based on Mozilla's XUL user interface language".^[4] Announced in July 2003,^[5] Sunbird was a standalone version of the Mozilla Calendar Project.

It was developed as a standalone version of the Lightning calendar and scheduling extension for the Mozilla Thunderbird and SeaMonkey mail clients. Development of Sunbird was ended with release 1.0 beta 1 to focus on development of Mozilla Lightning.^[6]^[7] The latest development version of Sunbird remains 1.0b1 from January 2010, and no later version has been announced. Unlike Lightning, Sunbird no longer receives updates to its time zone database.

Sun contributions[edit]

Sun Microsystems contributed significantly to the Lightning extension project to provide users with a free and open-source alternative to Microsoft Office by combining OpenOffice.org and Thunderbird/Lightning.^[8] Sun's key focus areas in addition to general bug fixing were calendar views, team/collaboration features and support for the Sun Java System Calendar Server.^[9] Since both projects share the same code base, any contribution to one is a direct contribution to the other.

Trademark issues and Iceowl[edit]

Although it is released under a MPL, MPL/GPL/LGPL tri-license, there are trademark restrictions in place on Mozilla Sunbird which prevent the distribution of modified versions with the Mozilla branding.

As a result, the Debian project created Iceowl, a virtually identical version without the branding restrictions.

Release history[edit]

Key:
Old Version	Current Version	Future Version

Gecko version	Sunbird version	Release date	Significant changes
1.8	0.2	February 4, 2005
1.9	0.3	October 11, 2006	Calendar storage moved from flat .ICS files to SQLite
1.9	0.3.1	February 19, 2007	Time zones updated for DST change
1.8.1	0.5	June 27, 2007	Moved to Gecko 1.8.1 for added stability and includes support for Google Calendar via an extension.^[10]
	0.7	October 25, 2007	Cleaner user interface and additional functionality
	0.8	April 4, 2008	International time zones, experimental offline support and task mode
	0.9	September 23, 2008	Events spanning days now have a visual indicator indicating them as connected events. When reloading a remote calendar a progress indicator is now shown. The so-called "minimonth" (small calendar month in the upper left) has been given a visual overhaul. The calendar views (day, week, multiweek, month) have been given a visual overhaul. CalDAV support and interoperability with various CalDAV servers has been improved.
1.9.1	1.0b1	April 2, 2010	Multiple alarms can be defined for one event. CalDAV support is improved.
1.9.1	1.0b2	June, 2010

References[edit]

^ "Sunbird - International Downloads". mozilla.org. Retrieved 2007-06-12.
^ "Mozilla Sunbird End-User Software Licensing Agreement". mozilla.org. Retrieved 2007-06-12.
^ Mozilla contributors list, Mozilla.org
^ The Sunbird Project - Standalone Calendar - Main project page describing the project.
^ Mozilla Sunbird Standalone Calendar Project Launches - MozillaZine Talkback - MozillaZine article announcing the Sunbird Project
^ Sunbird 1.0 beta1 Release Notes: "This is the last public Sunbird release by the Calendar Project." Retrieved 2010-04-01.
^ Calendar Project at a critical juncture Archived 2010-01-26 at the Wayback Machine, Calendar Weblog. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
^ Paquet, Simon (2006-10-05). "Calendar Weblog". Weblogs.mozillazine.org. Archived from the original on 2010-02-12. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
^ "Interview On Mozilla Lighting and". Openoffice.org. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
^ Philipp Kewisch (2007-05-20). "Provider for Google Calendar". Mozilla. Retrieved 2007-06-29.

External links[edit]

[Sunbird_-_International_Downloads-1] "Sunbird - International Downloads". mozilla.org. Retrieved 2007-06-12.

[mozeula-2] "Mozilla Sunbird End-User Software Licensing Agreement". mozilla.org. Retrieved 2007-06-12.

[volunteerlist-3] Mozilla contributors list, Mozilla.org

[mainsunbirdpage-4] The Sunbird Project - Standalone Calendar - Main project page describing the project.

[sunbirdAnnounced-5] Mozilla Sunbird Standalone Calendar Project Launches - MozillaZine Talkback - MozillaZine article announcing the Sunbird Project

[6] Sunbird 1.0 beta1 Release Notes: "This is the last public Sunbird release by the Calendar Project." Retrieved 2010-04-01.

[7] Calendar Project at a critical juncture Archived 2010-01-26 at the Wayback Machine, Calendar Weblog. Retrieved 2010-04-01.

[8] Paquet, Simon (2006-10-05). "Calendar Weblog". Weblogs.mozillazine.org. Archived from the original on 2010-02-12. Retrieved 2010-04-07.

[9] "Interview On Mozilla Lighting and". Openoffice.org. Retrieved 2010-04-07.

[10] Philipp Kewisch (2007-05-20). "Provider for Google Calendar". Mozilla. Retrieved 2007-06-29.

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 | developer              = [[Mozilla Foundation]] and community
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+| released               =
+| discontinued           = yes
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+| language               = [[Multilingual]],{{which|date=February 2015}}<ref name="Sunbird - International Downloads">{{cite web | title = Sunbird - International Downloads | publisher = mozilla.org | url = https://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/l10n_download.html | access-date = 2007-06-12 }}</ref> EULA in English only<ref name=mozeula>{{cite web | url = https://www.mozilla.org/legal/eula | title = Mozilla Sunbird End-User Software Licensing Agreement | access-date = 2007-06-12 | publisher = mozilla.org}}</ref>
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-| website                = {{url|https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/projects/calendar/}}
+| website                = {{url|https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/calendar/}}
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-'''Mozilla Sunbird''' was a [[free and open source software|free and open source]], [[cross-platform]] [[calendaring software|calendar application]] that was developed by the [[Mozilla Foundation]], [[Sun Microsystems]] and many volunteers.<ref name="volunteerlist">[http://www.mozilla.org/credits/ Mozilla contributors list], ''Mozilla.org''</ref> Mozilla Sunbird was described as "...&nbsp;a cross platform standalone calendar application based on Mozilla's [[XUL]] user interface language."<ref name="mainsunbirdpage">[http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/index.html The Sunbird Project - Standalone Calendar] - Main project page describing the project.</ref> Announced in July 2003,<ref name="sunbirdAnnounced">[http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=3432 Mozilla Sunbird Standalone Calendar Project Launches - MozillaZine Talkback] - MozillaZine article announcing the Sunbird Project</ref> Sunbird was a standalone version of the [[Mozilla Calendar Project]].
+'''Mozilla Sunbird''' is a discontinued [[free and open-source software|free and open-source]], [[cross-platform]] [[calendaring software|calendar application]] that was developed by the [[Mozilla Foundation]], [[Sun Microsystems]] and many volunteers.<ref name="volunteerlist">[https://www.mozilla.org/credits/ Mozilla contributors list], ''Mozilla.org''</ref> Mozilla Sunbird was described as "a cross platform standalone calendar application based on Mozilla's [[XUL]] user interface language".<ref name="mainsunbirdpage">[https://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/index.html The Sunbird Project - Standalone Calendar] - Main project page describing the project.</ref> Announced in July 2003,<ref name="sunbirdAnnounced">[http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=3432 Mozilla Sunbird Standalone Calendar Project Launches - MozillaZine Talkback] - MozillaZine article announcing the Sunbird Project</ref> Sunbird was a standalone version of the [[Mozilla Calendar Project]].
-It was developed as a standalone version of the [[Lightning (software)|Lightning]] calendar and scheduling extension for the [[Mozilla Thunderbird]] and [[SeaMonkey]] mail clients. Development of Sunbird was ended with release 1.0 beta 1 to focus on development of [[Lightning (software)|Mozilla Lightning]].<ref>[http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/releases/sunbird1.0b1.html Sunbird 1.0 beta1 Release Notes]: "This is the last public Sunbird release by the Calendar Project." . Retrieved 2010-04-01.</ref><ref>[http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/calendar/2009/02/calendar_project_at_a_critical.html Calendar Project at a critical juncture], Calendar Weblog. Retrieved 2010-04-01.</ref> {{As of|2017}}, the “latest development version” of Sunbird was still 1.0b1 from January 2010, and no later version has been announced. Unlike Lightning, Sunbird does not receive updates to its time zones database anymore.
+It was developed as a standalone version of the [[Lightning (software)|Lightning]] calendar and scheduling extension for the [[Mozilla Thunderbird]] and [[SeaMonkey]] mail clients. Development of Sunbird was ended with release 1.0 beta 1 to focus on development of [[Lightning (software)|Mozilla Lightning]].<ref>[https://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/releases/sunbird1.0b1.html Sunbird 1.0 beta1 Release Notes]: "This is the last public Sunbird release by the Calendar Project." Retrieved 2010-04-01.</ref><ref>[http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/calendar/2009/02/calendar_project_at_a_critical.html Calendar Project at a critical juncture] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100126024401/http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/calendar/2009/02/calendar_project_at_a_critical.html |date=2010-01-26 }}, Calendar Weblog. Retrieved 2010-04-01.</ref> The latest development version of Sunbird remains 1.0b1 from January 2010, and no later version has been announced. Unlike Lightning, Sunbird no longer receives updates to its time zone database.
 ==Sun contributions==
-Sun Microsystems contributed significantly to the Lightning extension project to provide users with a free and open source alternative to [[Microsoft Office]] by combining [[OpenOffice.org]] and Thunderbird/Lightning.<ref>{{cite web|last=Paquet |first=Simon |url=http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/calendar/2006/10/sun_microsystems_announces_int.html |title=Calendar Weblog |publisher=Weblogs.mozillazine.org |date=2006-10-05 |accessdate=2010-04-07}}</ref> Sun's key focus areas in addition to general bug fixing were calendar views, team/collaboration features and support for the [[Sun Java System Calendar Server]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.openoffice.org/editorial/mozilla_lightning_and_OOo.html |title=Interview On Mozilla Lighting and |publisher=Openoffice.org |date= |accessdate=2010-04-07}}</ref> Since both projects share the same code base, any contribution to one of them is a direct contribution to the other.
+Sun Microsystems contributed significantly to the Lightning extension project to provide users with a free and open-source alternative to [[Microsoft Office]] by combining [[OpenOffice.org]] and Thunderbird/Lightning.<ref>{{cite web |last=Paquet |first=Simon |url=http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/calendar/2006/10/sun_microsystems_announces_int.html |title=Calendar Weblog |publisher=Weblogs.mozillazine.org |date=2006-10-05 |access-date=2010-04-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212170048/http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/calendar/2006/10/sun_microsystems_announces_int.html |archive-date=2010-02-12 }}</ref> Sun's key focus areas in addition to general bug fixing were calendar views, team/collaboration features and support for the [[Sun Java System Calendar Server]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.openoffice.org/editorial/mozilla_lightning_and_OOo.html |title=Interview On Mozilla Lighting and |publisher=Openoffice.org |access-date=2010-04-07}}</ref> Since both projects share the same code base, any contribution to one is a direct contribution to the other.
 ==Trademark issues and Iceowl==
+{{Main|Debian–Mozilla trademark dispute}}
-{{Main|Mozilla Corporation software rebranded by the Debian project}}
 Although it is released under a [[Mozilla Public License|MPL]], MPL/[[GNU General Public License|GPL]]/[[LGPL]] tri-license, there are trademark restrictions in place on Mozilla Sunbird which prevent the distribution of modified versions with the Mozilla branding.
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 |-
 !rowspan=2|1.9
-| style="white-space:nowrap; background:#ff8080;"| [http://www.rumblingedge.com/2006/10/13/sunbird-03-released/ 0.3]
+| style="white-space:nowrap; background:#ff8080;"| [https://web.archive.org/web/20141027083519/http://www.rumblingedge.com/2006/10/13/sunbird-03-released/ 0.3]
 |style="white-space: nowrap"| October 11, 2006
 |Calendar storage moved from flat .ICS files to [[SQLite]]
 |-
-| style="white-space:nowrap; background:#ff8080;"| [http://www.rumblingedge.com/2007/02/06/sunbird-031-released/ 0.3.1]
+| style="white-space:nowrap; background:#ff8080;"| [https://web.archive.org/web/20141027075904/http://www.rumblingedge.com/2007/02/06/sunbird-031-released/ 0.3.1]
 |style="white-space: nowrap"| February 19, 2007
-|Timezones updated for DST change
+|Time zones updated for DST change
 |-
 !rowspan=4|1.8.1
-| style="white-space:nowrap; background:#ff8080;"| [http://www.rumblingedge.com/2006/12/01/sunbird-05-released/ 0.5]
+| style="white-space:nowrap; background:#ff8080;"| [https://web.archive.org/web/20141027085023/http://www.rumblingedge.com/2006/12/01/sunbird-05-released/ 0.5]
 |style="white-space: nowrap"| June 27, 2007
-|Moved to [[Gecko (layout engine)|Gecko]] 1.8.1 for added stability and includes support for [[Google Calendar]] via an extension.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/seamonkey/addon/provider-for-google-calendar/ |title=Provider for Google Calendar |publisher=[[Mozilla]] |author=Philipp Kewisch| date=2007-05-20| accessdate=2007-06-29}}</ref>
+|Moved to [[Gecko (layout engine)|Gecko]] 1.8.1 for added stability and includes support for [[Google Calendar]] via an extension.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/seamonkey/addon/provider-for-google-calendar/ |title=Provider for Google Calendar |publisher=[[Mozilla]] |author=Philipp Kewisch| date=2007-05-20| access-date=2007-06-29}}</ref>
 |-
-| style="white-space:nowrap; background:#ff8080;"| [http://www.rumblingedge.com/2007/07/08/sunbird-07-released/ 0.7]
+| style="white-space:nowrap; background:#ff8080;"| [https://web.archive.org/web/20141027080256/http://www.rumblingedge.com/2007/07/08/sunbird-07-released/ 0.7]
 |style="white-space: nowrap"| October 25, 2007
 |Cleaner user interface and additional functionality
 |-
-| style="white-space:nowrap; background:#ff8080;"| [http://www.rumblingedge.com/2007/11/09/sunbird-08-released/ 0.8]
+| style="white-space:nowrap; background:#ff8080;"| [https://web.archive.org/web/20141027082012/http://www.rumblingedge.com/2007/11/09/sunbird-08-released/ 0.8]
 |style="white-space: nowrap"| April 4, 2008
-|International [[time zone|timezones]], experimental offline support and task mode
+|International [[time zone|time zones]], experimental offline support and task mode
 |-
-| style="white-space:nowrap; background:#ff8080;"| [http://www.rumblingedge.com/2008/09/21/sunbird-09-released/ 0.9]
+| style="white-space:nowrap; background:#ff8080;"| [https://web.archive.org/web/20141125225139/http://www.rumblingedge.com/2008/09/21/sunbird-09-released/ 0.9]
 |style="white-space: nowrap"| September 23, 2008
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 * [[Lightning (software)|Lightning]] for [[Mozilla Thunderbird]] and [[SeaMonkey]]
 * [[List of personal information managers]]
-* [[List of applications with iCalendar support]]
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
-* {{Official website|http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/}}
+* {{Official website|https://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/}}
 * [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Calendar:Home_Page MozillaWiki]
 * [http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/calendar/ The Sunbird development blog]
+* [http://portableapps.com/apps/office/sunbird_portable Sunbird Portable] by [[PortableApps.com]]
-* [http://www.rumblingedge.com/2006/11/20/sunbird-release-changelogs/ The Rumbling Edge: Sunbird release changelogs]
-* Portable version
-** [http://portableapps.com/apps/office/sunbird_portable Sunbird Portable] by [[PortableApps.com]]
 * [http://wiki.gotux.net/code:legacy:sunbird Linux sunbird installer]
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 [[Category:Software using the Mozilla license]]
 [[Category:Software that uses XUL]]
 [[Category:Software that uses SQLite]]
+[[Category:Discontinued software]]

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