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Re: Ongoing Firefox (and Thunderbird) Trademark problems



* Humberto Massa Guimarães (humberto.massa@almg.gov.br) wrote:
> > We're losing sight of the key issue here. We *cannot* use their
> > trademark under their current trademark policy. They are offering us a
> > deal that is Debian specific to allow use to use the marks. Can we
> > accept such a deal as a project? Does the DFSG allow us to? 
> 
> Well said. IMHO, no. DFSG #8 -- witch is part of the SC, IIRC --
> forbids us to have rights that our users don't have.

This is indeed my feeling as well. But I'm willing to be convinced
that my interpretation is incorrect.

BTW, any Ubuntu developers care to comment? I'm interested in second
opinions and how you guys are handling this situation? Did you accept
an arrangement with MoFo? 

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