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Firefox To Be Renamed In Debian
Viraptor writes, "Debian is ready to change the name of Firefox in its distributions, beginning with Etch. They say it can be done within a week. The reasons stem from Mozilla's recent insistence on trademark fidelity and its preferences regarding Firefox patches. Debian doesn't want to accept the original trademarked fox & globe logo; they don't see it as really 'free' to use. On the other hand, Mozilla doesn't want Firefox distributed under that name if it lacks the logo. Mozilla also wants Debian patches to be submitted to them before distribution, and claims that's what others (Red Hat and Novell) are already doing. But some believe development and releases will slow down if distribution-specific patches have to be checked and accepted first. We will surely see more clashes between copyright claims and 'really free' distros such as Debian. Ubuntu is also asking similar questions." No word yet what the new name will be or what the logo will look like.
Why does Mozilla have to do this, Debian too, i always thougth FF was under GPL or close to it, i hope Mozilla isnt going Microsoft here, and breaks out the lawyers, why does mozllia care when it come to free software like debian, and also with debian, they have alway had a stick up there ass, there is a thing called Non-free and debain can just goto hell, i know its a great distro but my god, i think we need to worry about microsoft and not free distros, mozilla did have good intentions when firefox was still Beta, lets just hope mozilla doesn't start selling firefox
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Speaking as a Ubuntu user and a Firefox user... everyone needs to grow the fuck up. It's their project and just like Linus wants to check all things that go into the kernel, they have the same right. I don't see Debian bitching about Linus and his need to trademark Linux. So why the hypocrisy?
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