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

[Prateek Karandikar]

I must admit that I had not given much thought to naming and trademarks
in free software earlier. I'm wondering if the situation with Firefox is
any different from other big names which are trademarked, like KDE,
GNOME, Linux, or OpenOffice. I have not heard similar controversies
about them in the context of Ubuntu or Debian or any other distribution.
The presence of the anti-phishing service is one difference, but is that
it? Is there a reason why Firefox gets talked about more? Is there any
distribution which has unbranded versions of the above mentioned
products, to gain the flexibility of modifying them?


This has been said earlier, but I'd like to reiterate how awesome it is that anyone is welcome to take part in a discussion in which Mark himself is participating. :-)

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