Cesar Martinez Izquierdo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> So, in this paragraph you are basically stating that we *should* >> rename firefox to save them from such burden. > > No, I think we should NOT rename Firefox to save our *direct* users from such > burden. A lot of people would get greatly confused with a different name for > Firefox, even if you don't think so. > > *Indirect* users such as derived distributions should check the licenses and > other trademark or patent issues before start distributing anything. It's > their task to check it. We can help them if we create Debian packages which > are easy to rename, but we shouldn't confuse the rest of the users just to > make this task easier to derived distributions.
With this reasoning, firefox must go to non-free -- because everything in main is guaranteed to be freely distributable by anyone, anywhere. JB. -- Julien BLACHE - Debian & GNU/Linux Developer - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Public key available on <http://www.jblache.org> - KeyID: F5D6 5169 GPG Fingerprint : 935A 79F1 C8B3 3521 FD62 7CC7 CD61 4FD7 F5D6 5169 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
