Re: [OT] iceweasel vs. Firefox

2010-03-22 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:54:22 -0400 (EDT), Alok G. Singh wrote: > > Apparently it is no longer an issue[1]. > > Footnotes: > [1] http://glandium.org/blog/?p=933 I wouldn't say that. As some of the follow-up comments have noted, the Firefox logo is not the only issue. The Mozilla project still

Re: [OT] iceweasel vs. Firefox

2010-03-21 Thread Alok G. Singh
Apparently it is no longer an issue[1]. Footnotes: [1] http://glandium.org/blog/?p=933 -- Alok The Phone Booth Rule: A lone dime always gets the number nearly right. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Re: [OT] iceweasel vs. Firefox

2010-03-21 Thread Dotan Cohen
> 1) You cant use the firefox name without using the whole "branding" > (ie the copyrighted - and non free, icons), where as Mozilla had given > Debian an exception to this rule, they decided to clamp down. Debian had to clamp down because Mozilla had given _Debian_ permission. DFSG forbids accept

Re: [OT] iceweasel vs. Firefox

2010-03-21 Thread Angus Hedger
On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 2:09 PM, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 2010-03-21 07:54, John Hasler wrote: >> >> Stephen Powell writes: >>> >>> This is off topic, but why exactly did Debian have to rebrand Firefox >>> as iceweasel for their distribution? >> >> Mozilla owns the "FIREFOX" trademark and threatens

Re: [OT] iceweasel vs. Firefox

2010-03-21 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2010-03-21 07:54, John Hasler wrote: Stephen Powell writes: This is off topic, but why exactly did Debian have to rebrand Firefox as iceweasel for their distribution? Mozilla owns the "FIREFOX" trademark and threatens to sue anyone who applies that label to patched versions. Debian backpor

Re: [OT] iceweasel vs. Firefox

2010-03-21 Thread John Hasler
Stephen Powell writes: > This is off topic, but why exactly did Debian have to rebrand Firefox > as iceweasel for their distribution? Mozilla owns the "FIREFOX" trademark and threatens to sue anyone who applies that label to patched versions. Debian backports security patches (Mozilla refuses to

[OT] iceweasel vs. Firefox (was gnash vs. flash)

2010-03-21 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:57:20 -0400 (EDT), Dotan Cohen wrote: > Stefan Monnier wrote: >> Ah, good catch, thank you.  You can say "Firefox" even if >> Debian has to say "Iceweasel". > > How about Puddlerodent? Would that be an appropriate form of mockery > of the situation? I mock both Debian (zealo