Re: firefox -> iceweasel package is probably not legal
On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 07:49:32PM +0100, Mike Hommey wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 01:04:25AM -0800, Sean Kellogg <skellogg@u.washington.edu> wrote:
> > But consider for a moment that fact that iceweasel (at least the one I have
> > installed) includes /usr/bin/firefox... which is a symlink to iceweasel.
> > The file isn't part of the transition package, it's part of the debian
> > product. The confusion then lies not just with the transition package, but
> > with the iceweasel package itself.
> I agree it's a problem.
Why? An executable name and a package name are both functional elements
AFAICS, and we shouldn't be worrying about trademarks for either of them
until
- the trademark holder tells us to stop
- we get legal advice to the effect that the trademark holder has a case
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