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Mozilla Nixes Firefox EULA Requirement

Posted by timothy on from the even-in-the-best-homes dept.

Less than a week ago, Mozilla asked (and Canonical relucantly agreed, in development versions of Intrepid Ibex) that users be required on first use to agree to a EULA before using Firefox. This drew lots of criticism, and Mozilla agreed that the requirement was flawed. Now, according to a story at Groklaw, the EULA requirement's been done away with. From the Groklaw article linked: "Bottom line: Now, you can install and use Firefox without having to agree to a EULA. The services have been separated out. If they were opt in instead of opt out, I'd be happier, but this is acceptable to me. There may be further tweaks, I understand, but I think it's time to acknowledge that Mozilla is behaving very well indeed now and demonstrating a desire to get this right."

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  1. Re:Glad things worked out. by stevey · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    There is a community, definitely.

    But there are also people who hang around and just want things to be given to them for free, who make no contributions, and will bitch and whine if they don't get their way.

    Sad, but given human nature not really a surprise.

  2. Re:Sure, they're good guys by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    If they had a desire to get this right, they would not have sprang a EULA requirement on Canonical this late into the release process

    You are a fucking retard. Why should a third party give a shit about another company's release schedule? Remember Ubuntu 8.04 shipping with Firefox 3 beta?

    Go fuck yourself, dumbass.