Re: Firefox adds a controversial ToS

[Darac Marjal]

On 12/03/2025 09:31, Jonathan Dowland wrote:

On Tue Mar 11, 2025 at 9:06 PM GMT, Joey Hess wrote:

Jonathan Dowland wrote:

Simple answer: these (awful) terms apply to *binaries* supplied by Mozilla,

not source. So, Debian is unaffected.

Is this Debian's official position?

No, It's Mozilla's. Quoting [1],

Mozilla grants you a personal, non-exclusive license to install and use the “Executable Code" version of the Firefox web browser, which is the ready-to-run version of Firefox from an authorized source that you can open and use right away.

and

These Terms only apply to the Executable Code version of Firefox, not the Firefox source code.

[1] https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/legal/terms/firefox/

(Asking because it's being cited as such on social media.)

I don't have the authority to state an official position for Debian (I wonder who, if anyone, would do). It's mildly concerning if anything I write is misrepresented as such but I suppose I shouldn't be surprised.

I would expect Debian's official position to be stated under https://www.debian.org/legal/

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