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"? :) Apologies if someone somewhere has suggested this before; I use Ubuntu and I am only now learning about this :) Sincerely, Conrad Knauer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
