On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 03:58:56AM -0600, Conrad Knauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Steve Langasek wrote: "it seems that ultimately, the only acceptable > solution to Debian would unfortunately be to stop using the firefox > name altogether. So I'm hoping we can find a middle ground > somewhere." > > As I understand it, the problem is that Mozilla wants Debian to stop > calling it Firefox unless they agree to license the trademark, but > Debian doesn't want to do that because it violates DFSG 8, that a > 'license must not be specific to Debian'. > > Well how about this: the Mozilla draft policy on its trademarks in > "Community Edition" versions > of its products is here: > > http://www.mozilla.org/foundation/trademarks/community-edition-policy.html > > and that applies to any group, not just Debian. Could Debian rename > "Firefox" to "Firefox Community Edition"? Since its just a draft > (version 0.8), could Mozilla perhaps make the community edition policy > more explicitly friendly to the DFSG in a future version? > > e.g.: Could "Community Edition" be generally abbreviated within the > program or better yet, only explicitly mentioned in the "About > Firefox" window? Could a Firefox name be allowed so long as it > included the term "Community Edition" somewhere in it, such as > "Firefox DFSG Community Edition" or "Firefox Debian Community > Edition"? :)
The new problem is that the Mozilla trademark folks don't want the firefox name be applied without the logo. The logo is not DFSG compliant, so there is no way we can use it. Thus we can't use the firefox name. There's no solution to that problem except changing name. Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
