* Julien BLACHE (jblache@debian.org) wrote: > Eric Dorland <eric@debian.org> wrote: > > >> The Debian Way (tm) would be to drop mozilla, firefox and thunderbird > >> from Debian -- there's no reason what works with the FSF can't work > >> with the MoFo. > > > > Don't be so militant. Firefox is clearly a popular and useful > > program. There's no reason to be so extreme. > > Eh ? So why are we removing *all* the GFDLed docs, then ? When did > this Project stop being militant ? There's a much more rational solution in renaming Firefox to get around the trademark restrictions. I'm not about to swat files with nuclear weapons. > >> By the way, what is the status wrt OpenOffice.org, which has the same > >> kind of issue ? > > > > I'm not sure, I don't think the issues are entirely the same. > > Yes, IIRC, it was a bit more relaxed. > > We did not ship Qt and KDE until they fixed their license; we're > removing all the GFDL docs; we're removing every firmware we can find > in the distro. Let's remove anything that falls under the Mozilla > trademark policy, or we're clearly creating a double-standard. > > JB. > -- Eric Dorland <eric.dorland@mail.mcgill.ca> ICQ: #61138586, Jabber: hooty@jabber.com 1024D/16D970C6 097C 4861 9934 27A0 8E1C 2B0A 61E9 8ECF 16D9 70C6 -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS d- s++: a-- C+++ UL+++ P++ L++ E++ W++ N+ o K- w+ O? M++ V-- PS+ PE Y+ PGP++ t++ 5++ X+ R tv++ b+++ DI+ D+ G e h! r- y+ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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