[gobolinux-users] GoboLinux 013rc1 is out!

[kenneth marken]

Jonas Karlsson wrote:
> 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.
> 

ugh, of all the insane stuff...

why make anythng easy when one can make it difficult?