Re: Search provider icons in web browsers
On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 01:23:09AM +1100, Ben Finney wrote:
> Mike Hommey <mh@glandium.org> writes:
>
> > On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 10:57:12PM +1100, Ben Finney wrote:
> > > Mike Hommey <mh@glandium.org> writes:
> > >
> > > > On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 10:31:30PM +1100, Ben Finney wrote:
> > > > > [web browser search provider icons made available by provider]
> > > > > <URL:http://www.opensearch.org/Specifications/OpenSearch/1.1#The_.22Image.22_element>.
> > > >
> > > > [making OpenSearch image available doesn't imply DFSG-free terms]
> > >
> > > That's quite true, good point. Is it the case, then, that the icons
> > > are shipped by Debian? Or are they downloaded when the web browser
> > > first reads the user's list of search providers?
> >
> > They are shipped by debian.
>
> Okay. Would it be appropriate to report a bug against Iceweasel to avoid
> shipping those images, and instead have them loaded from OpenSearch URLs
> when starting the browser? That way they'd clearly be not part of the
> Debian operating system.
Please do file such a bug. Please also file one against iceape. It would
help if someone could check whether these icons are available only,
preferably on the sites themselves.
> Do you think upstream (MozCorp) would have a useful opinion on the
> license terms of those images, or is there such an opinion online
> already that you can reference?
I will check with them.
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