On 10/1/06, Eric Dorland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.mozilla.org/foundation/trademarks/community-edition-policy.html
One of the permitted changes is Porting the software to different operating
systems
I'm not sure that's what that clause really means, but one easy
example is
On 2-Oct-06, at 2:02 AM, Conrad Knauer wrote:
On 10/1/06, Eric Dorland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.mozilla.org/foundation/trademarks/community-edition-
policy.html
One of the permitted changes is Porting the software to
different operating systems
I'm not sure that's what that
* Conrad Knauer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
On 10/1/06, Eric Dorland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.mozilla.org/foundation/trademarks/community-edition-policy.html
One of the permitted changes is Porting the software to different
operating systems
I'm not sure that's what that
* Mike Connor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
On 2-Oct-06, at 2:02 AM, Conrad Knauer wrote:
On 10/1/06, Eric Dorland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.mozilla.org/foundation/trademarks/community-edition-
policy.html
One of the permitted changes is Porting the software to
different
To my knowledge, Debian isn't including extra security fixes over
and above what we're shipping. If they are, that would possibly be
considered an act of bad faith between downstream and upstream,
unless the security bug was Debian specific. This type of potential
Firefox from foo is better
On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 12:46:10PM -0400, Mike Connor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
To my knowledge, Debian isn't including extra security fixes over
and above what we're shipping. If they are, that would possibly be
considered an act of bad faith between downstream and upstream,
unless the
* Mike Connor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
To my knowledge, Debian isn't including extra security fixes over
and above what we're shipping. If they are, that would possibly be
considered an act of bad faith between downstream and upstream,
unless the security bug was Debian specific. This
On 2-Oct-06, at 1:39 PM, Mike Hommey wrote:
Backporting security fixes from newer releases is not really extra
in my mind. It'd be fixing stuff that isn't fixed elsewhere without
discussing it with us.
The argument for fixing upstream is that by taking a fix for a bug
that's unpatched
* Conrad Knauer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Mike Hommey wrote: Some changes applied to the debian packages don't
fall in the community edition authorized changes, and there's no way
we want not to apply these.
If you're referring to the list of permitted changes in Community
Editions on
Mike Hommey wrote: Some changes applied to the debian packages don't
fall in the community edition authorized changes, and there's no way
we want not to apply these.
If you're referring to the list of permitted changes in Community
Editions on
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
On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 03:58:56AM -0600, Conrad Knauer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
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
* Mike Connor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
On 21-Sep-06, at 1:38 AM, Eric Dorland wrote:
If this isn't possible, could we at least get a stay of execution?
Etch is going into deep freeze in less than a month. Would it be
possible to resolve this after the release?
I would think it makes
* Mike Connor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Just to sum everything up, since some of this is getting circular, this
is how we have been dealing with Linux distros. Ultimately, fair is
fair, and unless you think Debian should get a special deal (which I
don't think is DFSG-friendly, let alone
On 21-Sep-06, at 1:51 AM, Eric Dorland wrote:
The other issue is if we can still distribute the firefox packages we
already have in sarge. If etch releases as scheduled we will still be
backporting security fixes into that version until Dec. 2007 (or as
long as it is remains possible). Etch
On 21-Sep-06, at 1:38 AM, Eric Dorland wrote:
If this isn't possible, could we at least get a stay of execution?
Etch is going into deep freeze in less than a month. Would it be
possible to resolve this after the release?
I would think it makes much more sense to resolve this before you put
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James Andrewartha wrote:
As for your straw man about security bugs, what security bugs would
you be fixing with your own patches? If there are security bugs,
they should be fixed upstream, not in your own tree. We've had this
discussion repeatedly in the context of the security group, and we
As for your straw man about security bugs, what security bugs would you
be fixing with your own patches? If there are security bugs, they
should be fixed upstream, not in your own tree. We've had this
discussion repeatedly in the context of the security group, and we
expect that branded
Steve Langasek wrote:
Are the Debian logos and trademarks free?
No, the Debian logos are not free. This is considered a bug.
Since there's no way of making the logo free without losing control over
the mark, why not adopt a generic branding switch like we did? Its
non-trivial to
* Mike Connor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Eric Dorland wrote:
Please see Gerv's comments here:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2005/01/msg00757.html to see
where he agreed we did not have to use the logo.
Fair enough, he did make that statement. At the time, we obviously
weren't
* Mike Connor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Eric Dorland wrote:
severity 354622 important
thanks
* Steve Langasek ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Hi Mike,
On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 03:01:01PM -0500, Mike Connor wrote:
Package: firefox
Version: 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.1-2
Severity: serious
severity 354622 important
thanks
* Steve Langasek ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Hi Mike,
On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 03:01:01PM -0500, Mike Connor wrote:
Package: firefox
Version: 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.1-2
Severity: serious
Firefox (the name) is equally protected and controlled by the same
Eric Dorland wrote:
severity 354622 important
thanks
* Steve Langasek ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Hi Mike,
On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 03:01:01PM -0500, Mike Connor wrote:
Package: firefox
Version: 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.1-2
Severity: serious
Firefox (the name) is equally protected and
Hi Mike,
On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 03:01:01PM -0500, Mike Connor wrote:
Package: firefox
Version: 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.1-2
Severity: serious
Firefox (the name) is equally protected and controlled by the same
trademark policy and legal requirements as the Firefox logo. You're
free to use any
Package: firefox
Version: 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.1-2
Severity: serious
Firefox (the name) is equally protected and controlled by the same
trademark policy and legal requirements as the Firefox logo. You're
free to use any other name for the browser bits, but calling the browser
Firefox requires the
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