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[...]
Firefox, what's not to love about this open-source web browser? Well,
a number of users following the development work on Ubuntu 8.10 (the
Intrepid Ibex) are feeling rather outraged over Mozilla Firefox 3.0.2
and later. In the latest Ubuntu packages, Firefox requires an EULA
(End-User License Agreement) be accepted the first time you launch the
browser.
[...]
" Mark Shuttleworth said on this issue that:

    Mozilla Corp asked that this be added in order for us to continue
to call the browser Firefox. Since Firefox is their trademark, which
we intend to respect, we have the choice of working with Mozilla to
meet their requirements, or switching to an unbranded browser.

    It's strongly our preference, and that of most of our users, to
have Firefox as the browser in Ubuntu.

    I think it's perfectly reasonable for Mozilla to have requirements
and guidelines for the use of their trademark - we have the same for
Ubuntu, and many other free software projects do the same. I would in
fact consider it a best practice to have a good brand on a free
software project, which means having trademark guidelines.

    That said, I would not consider an EULA as a best practice. It's
unfortunate that Mozilla feels this is absolutely necessary, but they
do, and none of us are in a position to be experts about the legal
constraints which Mozilla feels apply to them. We had extensive
conversations with Mozilla in order to find the best possible way of
meeting their requirements while preserving the flow of use of the
system for our users.

    Please feel free to make constructive suggestions as to how we can
meet Mozilla's requirements while improving the user experience. It's
not constructive to say "WTF?", nor is it constructive to rant and
rave in allcaps. Your software freedoms are built on legal grounds, as
are Mozilla's rights in the Firefox trademark. To act as though your
rights are being infringed misses the point of free software by a
mile.

    I believe we have a new package in Intrepid, called abrowser,
which uses the codebase behind Firefox without invoking the Firefox
trade mark.
[...]


-Santhosh Thottingal

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