Re: Ongoing Firefox (and Thunderbird) Trademark problems
Eric Dorland wrote:
The thread is petering out
Only because there's only one of me, and I'm too busy to deal with the
volume! It's currently ten to midnight and I just got back from speaking
at a conference in Wolverhampton.
Some very smart developers have come forward to say that trademarks
don't matter with respect to free software.
I'd certainly disagree with that. I'd say they matter very much. I think
free software should actively use trademarks for what they are designed
for - a mark of quality.
Firefox. There is also very little guidance in what would be
acceptable trademark restrictions for a free software project. I hope
there can still be some dialog within Debian and hopefully come up
with some guidelines that developers can accept.
That would be excellent. I hope that my suggestions for managing the
Firefox trademark would be a starting point for those discussions.
So, I don't feel I can accept the agreement offered by the Mozilla
Foundation, because of my objections to it and because I don't feel
empowered to make an agreement like this on behalf of Debian.
If you are not empowered, who is?
If the DPL does not step forward to make some sort of agreement, what
will I do? Renaming seems to be a very unpopular option. So I believe
my best option is to ignore the trademark policy altogether and have
the Mozilla Foundation tell us when they want us to stop using their
marks.
Would you adopt a similar attitude to copyright infringement?
Gerv
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