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Ubuntu changes to Yahoo as default search providerUbuntu changes to Yahoo as default search providerPosted Jan 27, 2010 3:23 UTC (Wed) by mattdm (subscriber, #18)Parent article: Ubuntu changes to Yahoo as default search provider
And they get to still call it Firefox? Interesting.
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Ubuntu changes to Yahoo as default search provider Posted Jan 27, 2010 3:47 UTC (Wed) by akumria (subscriber, #7773) [Link]
They also ship Firefox with a default plugin ("Ubuntu Firefox Modifications") too.
And probably modify the theme as appropriate.
Firefox already ships with Yahoo - I have not had occassion to read the trademark guidelines but I would be surprisedif modifying the packaged defaults breaks the agreement.
Ubuntu changes to Yahoo as default search provider Posted Jan 27, 2010 4:01 UTC (Wed) by mattdm (subscriber, #18) [Link] Firefox already ships with Yahoo - I have not had occassion to read the trademark guidelines but I would be surprisedif modifying the packaged defaults breaks the agreement. Prepare to be surprised! Selected special partners can get certain changes approved at Mozilla's discretion. (Which is a decent stab at a compromise, don't get me wrong.) But it's interesting that Canonical could get something like this through. Maybe they just decided that the Linux market is small enough that it's not an argument worth provoking.)
Ubuntu changes to Yahoo as default search provider Posted Jan 27, 2010 17:50 UTC (Wed) by tzafrir (subscriber, #11501) [Link]
Changing the search plugins is explicitly allowed in the Firefox trademark usage guidelines.
Ubuntu changes to Yahoo as default search provider Posted Jan 27, 2010 17:59 UTC (Wed) by mattdm (subscriber, #18) [Link] Changing the search plugins is explicitly allowed in the Firefox trademark usage guidelines. Where? The Mozilla Trademark Policy doesn't seem to say so, unless I'm missing something. I'd love to be wrong, but it seems very clear that to be allowed use of the trademark, one must distribute only unmodified code and configurations.
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