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where does it says that?

where does it says that?

Posted Aug 13, 2009 23:40 UTC (Thu) by rqosa (guest, #24136)
In reply to: where does it says that? by coriordan
Parent article: Ubuntu removes "multisearch"

> the user confusion cost is high

I don't agree with that. It's obvious that a rebranded Firefox is really Firefox.

> When using the trademark, you can't make changes without Mozilla's permission - i.e. you can't apply security patches.

Which is yet another reason why distributors should not use the official branding.


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where does it says that?

Posted Aug 14, 2009 20:56 UTC (Fri) by coriordan (guest, #7544) [Link]

I wish you were right about changing the name not being a big deal, but if you were right, why did Ubuntu agree to those extremely restrictive terms?

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