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Linux-Watch: Open Source Madness!
Oct 11, 2006, 00 :00 UTC (15 Talkback[s]) (10164 reads)

(Other stories by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols)

"I love free software. I use open-source programs and operating systems every day. But once in a while, I want to take some free software developers and shake them until their teeth rattle.

"At the moment, I'm ticked off because the Debian community's recent hissy-fit over the Mozilla Corp.'s trademarked Firefox logo has led them, and others, to forking the Firefox code to avoid the use of the logo..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
The people who are pissed off at Debian  ...   Hilarious   
Adrian
Oct 11, 2006, 00:47:41
 
I applaud Debian for upholding its ident ...   Re: Hilarious   
wolf
Oct 11, 2006, 00:58:28
 
Sorry, it's "Debian has always tried ...   Re: Hilarious   
Charles Hixson
Oct 11, 2006, 01:30:43
 
They made some changes to the code also. ...   it's not just the logo   
Ken Yap
Oct 11, 2006, 02:21:35
 
They made some changes to the code also. ...   Re: it's not just the logo   
Adrian
Oct 11, 2006, 07:29:09
 
Debian has to follow its stated principl ...   Neither side really had much choice, but...   
Bernard Swiss
Oct 11, 2006, 07:32:26
 
>If you honestly believe that Debian&#39 ...   Re: Re: it's not just the logo   
Ken Yap
Oct 11, 2006, 10:36:44
 
Under Debian, if 'Official Firefox&# ...   Non-Free   
YetAnotherBob
Oct 11, 2006, 13:45:40
 
Never said that, you are putting words i ...   Quit yapping   
Adrian
Oct 11, 2006, 15:50:23
 
"single most important open-source appli ...   single most important open-source application - no   
IceWoozler
Oct 11, 2006, 16:12:13
 
Since 'Linux' is trademarked may ...   Hurd   
ictigers
Oct 11, 2006, 17:47:28
 
FOSS development is a breeding ground fo ...   ...and?   
judecn
Oct 11, 2006, 22:31:07
 
of most, if not ALL the distros that use ...   Debian is the MOTHERSHIP   
GreyGeek
Oct 12, 2006, 00:45:38
 
I am getting so thoroughly sick of this  ...   Getting sick of these names...   
Kagato
Oct 12, 2006, 04:56:40
 
Ermine is the winter coat of the stoat,  ...   Weasel?   
P.Woods
Oct 14, 2006, 21:29:08
 
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