[gobolinux-devel] Firefox branding

[MJ Ray]

Carlo Calica <carlo at calica.com> wrote:
> On 9/29/06, MJ Ray <mjr at phonecoop.coop> wrote:
> > My fear is that any bugfix going into gobolinux will block on MozCorp
> > approval, which is simply unethical when we can do better.
>
> I'm not sure that is a practical concern.  Who's creating these Gobo
> specific bugfixes.

They don't need to be Gobo-specific.  Even if RedHat has permission to 
use a particular bugfix and still call the result Firefox, the trademark 
permission isn't necessarily transferable to Gobo.

However, a central 'approved patches' repository has been mentioned, 
which may reduce this problem.

> Firefox has a strong brand which MIGHT worth using
> against a hypothetical situation.

I don't understand this: is a verb missing?

> > On a plus side, ams at gnu told me about www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla -
> > would we be better off using/helping the mythical IceWeasel instead?
> [...] Otherwise the confusion for users would not be worth it.
> I have specific concerns of user agent string, .mozilla prefs dir and
> extension compatibility.

User agent string is already a bunfight, another browser could use the
same .mozilla prefs dir, just as multiple Mozilla-produced browsers can, 
and I see no reasons why extensions would become less compatible unless 
Mozilla close the source somehow.

> Basic compatiblity issues with any fork as time goes on.

Er, compatibility was already mentioned.

Thanks,
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