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From: John Hasler on 21 Mar 2010 09:20
Stephen Powell writes:
> This is off topic, but why exactly did Debian have to rebrand Firefox
> as iceweasel for their distribution?

Mozilla owns the "FIREFOX" trademark and threatens to sue anyone who
applies that label to patched versions. Debian backports security
patches (Mozilla refuses to do so).
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From: Ron Johnson on 21 Mar 2010 10:20
On 2010-03-21 07:54, John Hasler wrote:
> Stephen Powell writes:
>> This is off topic, but why exactly did Debian have to rebrand Firefox
>> as iceweasel for their distribution?
>
> Mozilla owns the "FIREFOX" trademark and threatens to sue anyone who
> applies that label to patched versions. Debian backports security
> patches (Mozilla refuses to do so).

Isn't there also the issue of copyrighted icons?

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From: Angus Hedger on 21 Mar 2010 10:30
On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 2:09 PM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson(a)cox.net> wrote:
> On 2010-03-21 07:54, John Hasler wrote:
>>
>> Stephen Powell writes:
>>>
>>> This is off topic, but why exactly did Debian have to rebrand Firefox
>>> as iceweasel for their distribution?
>>
>> Mozilla owns the "FIREFOX" trademark and threatens to sue anyone who
>> applies that label to patched versions.  Debian backports security
>> patches (Mozilla refuses to do so).
>
> Isn't there also the issue of copyrighted icons?

Hey,

Wikipedia has a good write-up:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Corporation_software_rebranded_by_the_Debian_project

Short version (if my memory serves me correctly)

1) You cant use the firefox name without using the whole "branding"
(ie the copyrighted - and non free, icons), where as Mozilla had given
Debian an exception to this rule, they decided to clamp down.
2)When it comes down to patching older versions Mozilla wanted the
patches to go upstream for approval before they went out. (Again to
make sure there "brand" was preserved)

Regards,

Angus.


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From: Dotan Cohen on 21 Mar 2010 16:30
> 1) You cant use the firefox name without using the whole "branding"
> (ie the copyrighted - and non free, icons), where as Mozilla had given
> Debian an exception to this rule, they decided to clamp down.

Debian had to clamp down because Mozilla had given _Debian_
permission. DFSG forbids accepting this as the exclusive permission is
not redistributable, and therefore neither is the code.


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From: Alok G. Singh on 22 Mar 2010 01:00
Apparently it is no longer an issue[1].

Footnotes:
[1] http://glandium.org/blog/?p=933

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