Will Firefox no longer be named Firefox?

Matt Zimmerman mdz at ubuntu.com
Wed Sep 27 02:24:18 BST 2006


On Sun, Sep 24, 2006 at 04:32:24PM -0400, Saad Shakhshir wrote:
> There's been a thorough discussion of the legality of shipping re-branded
> versions of Firefox in Debian [1].  Apparently Firefox's code is free, but
> the logo and name are copyrighted and are required to be used together.  It
> appears that the resolution will be for Debian to change Firefox's name in
> Etch.  Will Ubuntu be doing the same?
> 
> [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=354622

I am in the process of discussing the relevant issues with representatives
from Mozilla.

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 - mdz



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