Re: firefox -> iceweasel package is probably not legal
Jeff Carr <basilarchia@gmail.com>
> I notice that recently you have complied with Mozilla's request to not
> use their trademarks for your browser packages. However, you can't
> also use their trademark to switch users to a competing product.
> ("bait-and-switch") [...]
I do not understand bait-and-switch - what trademark infringement do
you claim is happening? In case it helps, a list of possible
infringements is in the UK TRADE MARKS ACT 1994 - SECT 10
http://www.bailii.org/uk/legis/num_act/tma1994121/s10.html
Beware that packaging there is packaging of a traded product, not the
debian package (deb) sense.
For that matter, what trade takes place with 'apt-get install ...'?
I suggest that trademark law is not usually relevant to the control
field Package.
> For instance, if Best Buy provided a packaged product called "firefox"
> that instead had IE or a nearly indistinguishable competing product
> (iceweasel) this would also be trademark infringement.
I can see why the firefox transition deb cannot be sold as firefox
itself, but I do not see why it cannot be included and sold as debian.
Confused,
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