Is Ubuntu going to adapt Ice Weasel?

Michael V. De Palatis depalatis at gmail.com
Sat Oct 7 21:50:23 BST 2006


On 10/7/06, François-Denis Gonthier <neumann at lostwebsite.net> wrote:
> >>>>> "Scott" == Scott Kitterman <ubuntu at kitterman.com> writes:
>
>     Scott> Not sure what they should do for Edgy, but in general,
>     Scott> maybe put Iceweasel in main and the unmodified FIrefox in
>     Scott> commerical?
>
> Commercial?  Why not non-free (aka. multiverse)?  I mean, I can admit
> it no longer suits the requirement of Free software, but its still
> redistributable without dealing with the Mozilla Fundation right?

Multiverse is indeed a better option. That would still require that
all upstream patches be submitted to Mozilla Foundation, though
(clearly, using the nonfree logo isn't an issue if it's in multiverse
anyway, though).

Mike

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