Mad Penguin: Mozilla vs. Debian: A Crazy Dispute | Linux Today

Mad Penguin: Mozilla vs. Debian: A Crazy Dispute

Written By
MH
Matt Hartley
Nov 29, 2006

[ Thanks to Matt D. for
this link. ]

“Unless you have been living under a rock, by now most of you
have likely heard about the trouble between Debian and Mozilla with
regards to the Firefox logo. In many ways, the argument is stupid
and valid at the same time.

“On one hand, it’s very important for Mozilla to protect their
trademark; otherwise, it would be potentially up for grabs. But if
we examine this from Debian’s perspective, their license is clear.
There is no way that the inclusion of this trademark can be
included. From here, it just becomes more confusing…”

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Story

MH

Matt Hartley

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