[Bug 269656] Re: AN IRRELEVANT LICENSE IS PRESENTED TO YOU FREE-OF-CHARGE ON STARTUP

[Curtis Unger]

First a separate, however related note; I would like to touch on a
previously mentioned statement regarding the fact that we are discussing
this on Launchpad. Mark and whomever at Canonical that participated in
said "discussions" with Mozilla, and did *not* think this was a decision
for the community has done a great disservice to the trust we place in
them.

There is no excuse for the timing and seeming ignorance in allowing this
to be the path at which the community now has to address the issue to
Mozilla. The lack of trust and experience is simply offensive; If we can
get Google to change their EULA for Chrome on Windows, surely we can
pressure them and Mozilla to *drop* the EULA in Linux.

Secondly, it would be setting a terrible precedent to allow the *pre-
installed* packages on Ubuntu to contain EULA's; regardless of
popularity. If Firefox demands this, then let them enter the realm of
restricted crap like Java and Codecs in the repository's and let the
community decide what to replace it with.

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AN IRRELEVANT LICENSE IS PRESENTED TO YOU FREE-OF-CHARGE ON STARTUP
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