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 ** Mozilla values
-Thunderbird is proud to be part of Mozilla, a non-profit organization that also makes Firefox. Mozilla is dedicated to ensuring a free internet by providing products that support open protocols that protect privacy, security, and user choice. Thunderbird, as the dominant open-source email program, is an important part of that.
+Thunderbird is proud to be part of Mozilla, a non-profit organization that also makes Firefox. Mozilla is dedicated to ensuring a free internet by providing products that support open protocols. In communication, open protocols mean that you can communicate securely and privately with whomever you wish, from a variety of programs and devices, without selling your privacy, or being forced to use a single website or vendor. Thunderbird, as the dominant open-source email program, is an important part of that.
 * Threat to open communications
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 Freedom is not free, somebody has to pay the bills. Several years ago, Thunderbird had a significant paid staff, subsidized by Firefox. But Firefox needs to focus on its own issues, so now we volunteers are responsible for supporting and improving Thunderbird. Thunderbird is really important to millions of people, but it is hard for a small group of volunteers to provide the quality, features, and reliability that our users expect. We believe we need a small team of dedicated staff to respond to urgent issues, and move Thunderbird forward.
-* Where Thunderbird came from
-** Thunderbird relationship to Mozilla and Firefox
-** Thunderbird uses code shared with Firefox as well as unique code
-** Thunderbird maintains the same user-centric values as other Mozilla products, but is developed independently, and must be supported independently.
 * Improvements we would like to make
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 ** Improve reliability of updates and new releases
-We've already received a lot of input from users on where Thunderbird could be better. We would really like to move those things forward. There are too many old bugs that need fixing. Our Address Book needs to reliably sync with modern Cloud-based contact systems.
+We've already received a lot of input from users on where Thunderbird could be better. We would really like to move those things forward. Our Address Book needs to reliably sync with modern Cloud-based contact systems. There are too many old bugs that need fixing.
 * Importance of getting user input