Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> __/ [ George Ellison ] on Saturday 07 October 2006 23:02 \__
>
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>>> ...At least for Debian and maybe its derivatives too.
>>>
>>> http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/
>>> http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnuzilla/
>>>
>>> Firefox Set Free in IceWeasel
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | One possible outcome is that Debian developers just rename Firefox to
>>> | something else. Another possibility is that they just use GNU's
>>> | IceWeasel.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3636651
>>
>> Both options sound better than option (c): Keep whining about how Mozilla
>> is corrupting FOSS by protecting its brand name.
>
> I wonder if Swiftfox and Flock have got the same
> restrictions. Swiftfox is even optimised for Linux, so it
> should run faster.
>
Swiftfox's license does not permit redistribution AT ALL.
Don't know about Flock.
> On the issue of brand names, Mozilla has been working at
> Redmond recently. The two teams are even sharing ideas while
> Microsoft holds a knife behind its back (forced upgrade to
> IE7). Instead, Mozilla should have caterted for its roots,
> not Vista. Drag-and-drop support in Linux desktop
> environments, for example, is still lacking. They are up for
> market share (greed) while betraying principles (and source
> of contribution). I would happily move to something less
> restrictive provided that plugins will work. Opera is
> closed-source, so it's not an option although I have it
> running.
Really don't see how it's 'restrictive': I can download sources from
mozilla.org, redistribute them, modify them as I see fit, compile them to my
preferences, and give it to anyone or anything I'd care to give it to.
I just can't call it Firefox, or use the official logo. If I were to do the
same thing to a set of Debian sources, and use the official art and the Debian
name, SPI would be on my ass before I had time to blink.
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