On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 16:40:11 +0200, MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jonas Karlsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> [...] If we at GoboLinux has a patch that isn't already >> submitted by any of the large distro with rights to redistribute we have >> to submit it for review before we include it in our releases (if we want >> to call the browser Firefox), but to me this seems highly unlikely as >> either there will be an official Firefox release or a patch created by >> one >> of the "big ones" before we come up with a patch, so I don't really see >> a >> problem here. > > (My! grandma, what large sentences you have... > www.red-riding-hood.org.uk/wolfinbed.htm ) > > Does it matter whether any other distributor has submitted the patch? If Mike Connor gets what he wants there will be a general store with patches that one could use against stable release of Firefox and still call it Firefox. Before such store is created one could probably refer to that the patch one uses is the same patch as "big-one" distro, with permission to redistribute, uses, to speed up the approval process. > Are the trademark licences transferable in general? No. Not at all. > I seem to recall > that part of the problem for debian has been getting non-debian-specific > non-terminating permission. > Yes, the problem Debian has is that paragraph 8 in their DFSG (Debian Free Software Guidelines) requires that their license isn't Debian specific. That means that even if they get permission to redistribute Firefox they can't really use it because the permission doesn't apply to Debian derivates. > My fear is that any bugfix going into gobolinux will block on MozCorp > approval, which is simply unethical when we can do better. > I don't think this will be a problem, refering to my first paragraph in this e-mail. > On a plus side, [EMAIL PROTECTED] told me about www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla > - > would we be better off using/helping the mythical IceWeasel instead? > Or should it be available as an alternative? > First time I've heard of this but it looks promissing. Worth looking into. -- /Jonas Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ _______________________________________________ gobolinux-devel mailing list gobolinux-devel@lists.gobolinux.org http://lists.gobolinux.org/mailman/listinfo/gobolinux-devel
