HXC wrote:
aliosha samodossi wrote:Debian is a bastion of freedom with strict rules about what does or does not qualify as freedom. We use debian for a variety of reasons, but we all (should) know that at the core of Debian is this freedom. We choose whether to use less free portions of Debian, but are not forced to in any way as the core of Debian is free. Firefox is the current front-runner for secure, stable, all-around good web-browsers. This is not a judgement of FF, just an observation. Mozilla has changed how it handles some of its IP and the freedom of that IP (specifically the artwork). Okay, maybe they haven't changed it, but they are trying to enforce it. Regardless, this less than free IP is not acceptable to Debian. But, Debian wants to include FF in its distribution for reasons listed above. So there are two alternatives: either Moz relaxes its rules around the less-than-free artwork, or Debian packages a more free version of FFClear and useful explanation. Thank you.How about the Debian Official Logo? http://www.debian.org/logos/ in what differs this from the mozilla guidelines? P.S. no flaimbait, just curious
In one sense, there's no difference. Debian gets to decide what qualifies for using the "Debian Official Logo," just as Mozilla gets to decide what qualifies for using the official Firefox logo and name.
In another sense, there is a difference, because Mozilla demands that all patches and modifications made to the Firefox code be submitted to Mozilla, as a condition of being able to use the Firefox branding. Debian makes no such demands.
Really, though, each logo is indicating two different things: the Firefox logo indicates that the browser code (and therefore, the browser itself) is Mozilla-approved if not Mozilla-generated (i.e., it might include patches that are not available from Mozilla itself); the Debian Official Logo indicates that the project using the logo uses some documented part of Debian. In other words, the Firefox logo indicates that the browser *is* Firefox; the Debian Official Logo indicates that the project using the logo *uses* Debian.
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