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Mozilla Nixes Firefox EULA Requirement
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."
A purely honest question: Why does the EULA issue in the article matter at all?
Apparently Mandriva found a way around it too, because their packages of Firefox are modified in many ways from the official source, too (different icons, different file browser, Font changes, non-default color scheme, preloads of different bookmarks, etc).
I haven't tried it in a while so I can't remember but might the portable version of openoffice.org be a solution? http://portableapps.com/apps/office/openoffice_portable
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Some further research suggests it may originate from a BBS, probably in 1994. The earliest Usenet posting of it shown on Google Groups is from July 1994. I find the joke even more pleasing now that I know it pre-dates Windows 95 by at least a month!