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Firefox Faces Trademark Issues

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the all-in-a-name dept.

daria42 writes "The Debian development community is currently hotly debating whether the Mozilla Foundation's strict trademarks policy violates Debian's social contract. However, in a twist, it appears Mozilla has not received approval for the Firefox trademarks yet, and the Firefox name may already be taken in the UK and Germany. The foundation has not applied for the Thunderbird trademark anywhere yet."

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  1. Firefox tm policy and Debian tm policy v. similar by Chuck+Chunder · · Score: 4, Interesting

    As far as I can see the Firefox trademark policy isn't fundamentally different from Debian's own trademark policy.

    If you are distributing what Debian distribute you can call it Debian. If you want to do something different, call it something else.

    Isn't that essentially what the Firefox trademark policy says?

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  2. Clint Eastwood! by Boss+Sauce · · Score: 3, Interesting
    ...I have never heard the term Firefox before the Firefox browse...

    I liked this when I was 12-- HBO used to show it all the time:
    "A pilot is sent into the Soviet Union on a mission to steal a prototype jet fighter that can be partially controlled by a neuralink."

    1984-- a very good year-- Macintosh first appeared, Firefox on HBO, and Airwolf on CBS. Best... tv show theme... ever.

  3. Re:UK Trademark by _undan · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Go to Help -> About Firefox...

    "Some trademark rights used under licence from The Charlton Company."