On 07/05/11 23:31, Bjoern Hoehrmann wrote: > Hypothetical situation: I obtain the Firefox source code and decide to > make some modifications and redistribute the code (or binaries). Firefox > as I understand it uses various third party web services by default, for > instance, to map Wifi data to geographical coordinates, a Google service > is used. If I change how my modified code interacts with these services > I would want to ensure my modifications are consistent with the terms of > service of that web service. What are, exactly, the steps I should take, > or tell my legal counsel to take, to learn about these terms? I couldn't > find information on this in either the sources or on Mozilla web sites.
Harvey Anderson, Mozilla's General Counsel, says: "Web services are offered under the terms of the service provider directly to the user (i.e. search and commerce plugins) or they are licensed to Mozilla and then Mozilla as an entity makes them available to Firefox users (Geolocation and antiphishing). The terms for the services offered by Mozilla can be found at "about:legal" in Firefox. These largely represent terms that the service providers require that we pass through to users of the builds we offer. Also, service providers do not necessarily agree to provide their services to modified Firefox clients under the same terms. For example, Google is not obligated to provide anti-phishing services to all user agents based on the Firefox code. Geolocation is a similar service. Thus, we would recommend that you contact the service provider directly to arrange service terms if they're not already publicly available." I hope that answers your question. Gerv _______________________________________________ legal mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/legal
