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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. I'll take that challenge... by WidescreenFreak · · Score: 0, Troll

    Quick! someone find a way to blame this on MS!!

    Will do.

    If Microsoft didn't make such a bug-ridden browser that was so unethically engrained into the operating system and if Microsoft didn't abuse their monopoly power to run Netscape into the ground, there would not have been such a demand or need for Firefox to have even been created, hence there would be no naming issues. Had Microsoft played fairly, Netscape might still be a very viable browser (unlike now for all intents and purposes) and Firefox would probably not exist.

    So, as shoot-from-the-hip as you enjoyed being, the whole reason for Firefox being as popular as it is (and one could argue necessary in the first place) can indeed be traced back to Microsoft.

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  2. Holier than GNU by Per+Abrahamsen · · Score: 0, Troll

    Those Debian guys impress me, it take something to make RMS look pragmatic and moderate on freedom issues.