|
|
Log in / Subscribe / Register

firefox -> iceweasel package is probably not legal

From:  Jeff Carr <basilarchia-AT-gmail.com>
To:  debian-legal-AT-lists.debian.org, Eric Dorland <eric-AT-debian.org>
Subject:  firefox -> iceweasel package is probably not legal
Date:  Tue, 05 Dec 2006 13:57:48 -0800

I notice that recently you have complied with Mozilla's request to not
use their trademarks for your browser packages. However, you can't
also use their trademark to switch users to a competing product.
("bait-and-switch") The same trademark issues are why there is not a
package called openoffice. It must be called openoffice.org.

For instance, if Best Buy provided a packaged product called "firefox"
that instead had IE or a nearly indistinguishable competing product
(iceweasel) this would also be trademark infringement.

Trying to install firefox should be the same as openoffice:

root@debian:~# apt-get install firefox
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
E: Couldn't find package firefox
root@debian:~#

Enjoy,
Jeff





to post comments


Copyright © 2006, Eklektix, Inc.
Comments and public postings are copyrighted by their creators.
Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds