HXC wrote:
aliosha samodossi wrote:
Debian is a bastion of freedom with strict rules about what does or
does not qualify as freedom. We use debian for a variety of reasons,
but we all (should) know that at the core of Debian is this
freedom. We choose whether to use less free portions of Debian, but
are not forced to in any way as the core of Debian is free.
Firefox is the current front-runner for secure, stable, all-around
good web-browsers. This is not a judgement of FF, just an
observation. Mozilla has changed how it handles some of its IP and the
freedom of that IP (specifically the artwork). Okay, maybe they
haven't changed it, but they are trying to enforce it. Regardless,
this less than free IP is not acceptable to Debian. But, Debian wants
to include FF in its distribution for reasons listed above. So there
are two alternatives: either Moz relaxes its rules around the
less-than-free artwork, or Debian packages a more free version of FF
Clear and useful explanation. Thank you.
How about the Debian Official Logo? http://www.debian.org/logos/
in what differs this from the mozilla guidelines?
P.S. no flaimbait, just curious
In one sense, there's no difference. Debian gets to decide what
qualifies for using the "Debian Official Logo," just as Mozilla gets to
decide what qualifies for using the official Firefox logo and name.
In another sense, there is a difference, because Mozilla demands that
all patches and modifications made to the Firefox code be submitted to
Mozilla, as a condition of being able to use the Firefox branding.
Debian makes no such demands.
Really, though, each logo is indicating two different things: the
Firefox logo indicates that the browser code (and therefore, the browser
itself) is Mozilla-approved if not Mozilla-generated (i.e., it might
include patches that are not available from Mozilla itself); the Debian
Official Logo indicates that the project using the logo uses some
documented part of Debian. In other words, the Firefox logo indicates
that the browser *is* Firefox; the Debian Official Logo indicates that
the project using the logo *uses* Debian.
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