Re: Firefox newly insists on showing an EULA

2008-09-16 Thread Markus Hitter
Am 16.09.2008 um 02:00 schrieb Onno Benschop: > To me this issue is the thin-end of the wedge, next we'll have a EULA > for which ever developer wants to have a EULA. I realise that not all > applications will go down this route, but if this stands as a > precedent, > then we're likely to be bo

Re: Packages in Main/Universe I'm not allowed to modify ...

2008-09-16 Thread (``-_-´´) -- Fernando
Olá Scott e a todos. On Tuesday 16 September 2008 11:46:58 Scott Kitterman wrote: > On Tuesday 16 September 2008 06:40, Alexander Sack wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 06:15:53AM -0400, Scott Kitterman wrote: > > > On Tuesday 16 September 2008 02:59, Reinhard Tartler wrote: > > > > Scott Ritchie

Re: Packages in Main/Universe I'm not allowed to modify ...

2008-09-16 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:44:09 +0100 "(``- -´´) -- Fernando" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Olá Scott e a todos. > >On Tuesday 16 September 2008 11:46:58 Scott Kitterman wrote: >> On Tuesday 16 September 2008 06:40, Alexander Sack wrote: >> > On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 06:15:53AM -0400, Scott Kitterman wr

Re: Rejecting the Firefox EULA in Ubuntu

2008-09-16 Thread Morgan Collett
On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 22:41, Sean Hodges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there an easy way to reject the EULA on the Firefox shipped with > Ubuntu and still be able to use the software? Has anyone patched the > source code to remove this yet? > > I'm not just an end-user of the software, and I do

Re: Firefox newly insists on showing an EULA

2008-09-16 Thread Przemysław Kulczycki
Remco pisze: >> Giving out CDs for an early celebration of Software Freedom Day >> yesterday, we were asked *very* often if Ubuntu had a web browser. >> "Yes, Firefox" "Oh good, I use that on Windows." >> #1: Same response, and they're used to click-throughs anyway >> #2: We'd have to explain all t

Re: Firefox newly insists on showing an EULA

2008-09-16 Thread Przemysław Kulczycki
Markus Hitter pisze: > Hello all, > > readers of this list might be interested in the discussion here: > > > > It's about a new requirement from the Mozilla Foundation, how End > User License Agreements (EULAs) are against th

Re: Firefox newly insists on showing an EULA

2008-09-16 Thread Przemysław Kulczycki
Also see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_software_rebranding http://lwn.net/Articles/118268/ https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=439604 http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/2008/09/15/ubuntu-firefox-and-license-issues/ http://lockshot.wordpress.com/2008/09/15/firefox-eula-in-linux-distribu

Re: Firefox newly insists on showing an EULA

2008-09-16 Thread Felix Miata
On 2008/09/16 19:43 (GMT+0200) Przemys?aw Kulczycki composed: > The browser's startpage could explain that this browser is based on > Firefox and works just like Firefox. Browser's user agent string could > be amended with "(based on Firefox)" to make sure that sites created by > lame webmasters (

Re: Firefox newly insists on showing an EULA

2008-09-16 Thread Nergar
I think we discussed enough, we should start taking action. We are already at Alpha 6 freeze state and clearly most of us don't want any stinking EULAs popping when starting our free software. We must have this sorted out before 8.10 Beta comes out. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-d