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

[Dennis Prochko]

The main problem is the most of you think that most ununtu users are
newbie dumbasses. They "will be disappointed when no "Fox under the
globe" will be on the desktop", huh! Will all these users be disapponted
reading bla-bla-bla lawyers shit? Will all these users understand what
they are signed by click on the "I agree" checkbox? If the EULA will be
displayed only when installing firefox first time to person who
installing it, are another users of the system automatically agreed with
EULA? What about non-Mozilla patches, are they used in the ubuntu
system?

Users are not dumbasses. They want stable, quick and web-standards
compiant web-browser, not a brand, but *a browser*. It can be any of
browsers exist - not just firefox, so:

1. Firefox should be transferred into non-free repository, to provide an option for the brand-ofilies.
2. Debian's Iceweasel should be transferred into the main repository as the replacement for the firefox browser. You can continue rebranding for newbies, naming it "The Web Browser" (as Totem player simply named as "The Video Player"), Gnome HIG recommends this, however.
3. The alternative for the Gecko-based browsers should be provided - because the engine is still under Mozilla's control (and we don't predict what they are invited in future), and it is not met to the *quick browser* criteria. New Gnome will be with Epiphany/Webkit browser by default. Good candidate to the default web browser in the Ubuntu.

This story reminds me XFree/XOrg license wars. And where now is XFree
and where now is XOrg? ;)

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