[gobolinux-users] GoboLinux 013rc1 is out!

[Jonas Karlsson]

On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 03:09:18 +0200, kenneth marken <k-marken at online.no>  
wrote:

> Jonas Karlsson wrote:
>> Otoh, the source is released as GPL and if one make all the effort
>> possible (except patching) to remove the name "Firefox" from the
>> application which one gets from compiling the code one will fail. The
>> binary would still be called firefox, which, to me, means that Mozilla  
>> has
>> by releasing the code as GPL lost it's right to the name. Maybe I'm way
>> out of line here, but this issue should be solved before we release 013.
>>
>
> is firefox or any of the other mozilla programs under GPL? i thought
> they used a special mozilla licence.
>
> btw, how much of a modification does installing firefox under gobo realy
> do to the source? wasnt the big issue that debian could not apply their
> own patches and still call it firefox or use the firefox logo?

Partly true.
The biggest issue is that since a while back noone is allowed to use the  
name without the logo and as the logo isn't completly free Debian can't  
use it (http://www.debian.org/social_contract). At the same time it  
wouldn't be possible for Debian to accept a permission to redistribute  
Firefox as their Free Software Guidance §8 reads that no license can be  
Debian specific. It has to be transferable downstreams.

There was also the issue with the patches, but it was not that serious  
compared to the above. We, otoh, don't have the abovve issues, just the  
need to get our patches approved (which shouldn't be hard as the only real  
patch is taken from Red Hat, which has an approval). Our problem is that I  
have tried to get this approval quite some time now, without getting any  
responce from Mozilla.

-- 
/Jonas

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