On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 12:32:08 +0200 RedShift <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> David Sampson wrote: > > Due to the recent flair over the use of the Firefox logo, the GNU > > camp has decided to fork the entire project, into IceWeasel. The > > idea here is that they can't use the FF logo freely, so of course > > they must fork it. I just want to know how this is going to affect > > the OpenBSD camp, if at all. > > > > David Sampson > > > > > > > > Actually I quickly read the license file included with the source > distribution of firefox, and found no reason why the logo/name can't > be used in custom builds. I'm no license expert, but does anyone have > a clue how mozilla decided that builds other than those from mozilla > can't use the name/logo? > > Imho that was a pretty stupid decision by the mozilla team, things > like names and logos are one of the most important aspects in > marketing. It would be foolish to wreck it. > > Finally, how do the mozilla developers feel about this? Do they agree > with this "management decision"? > > Glenn > This is a trademark issue and from what I hear the Mozilla guys guard their trademarks "vigorously. This probably stems from the fact that they have been bitten 1 or 2 times in the past with trademark issues and don't want to go through that again. Tim Donahue
