> Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 11:11:52 -0400 > From: Kurt Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Thursday 12 October 2006 10:13 am, Tobias Ulmer wrote: > > We are modifying the source code, which is ok with the "porting > > software" paragraph in the document above, but contradicts with a > > private mail from Mike Connor where he writes about patching of > > app source violates their trademark. Oh well... > > Yes they are trying to exert a ridiculous level of control with > their trademark but only when using the official branding. > If they have given a project permission to use the official > branding then any patch to firefox must first be approved > by them. > > That's what all the fus is about. I'm not happy about it but > it doesn't affect our ability to distribute it under the > community edition rules.
Actually, what the Mozilla people objected to in the whole Debian debacle seems to be that the package was called ;firefox+. Debian already used the community edition version just like OpenBSD does. <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=354622>
