[arch-general] Can we use the "Firefox" name?

[Alper KANAT]

As a user, I really dislike the name Iceweasel... I really dislike its 
logo and so on... Please don't change it unless you have to..


Alper KANAT
http://raptiye.org


Alessio Bolognino yazmış:
> On Wed 2008-06-11 05:46, Alessio 'mOLOk' Bolognino wrote:
>> There is a thing that I have never understood: we ship the Firefox
>> package not branded, for the well known issues with the licensing of the
>> artwork, and that's fine; but are we sure we can name that package
>> "firefox" ? If you ask it to me, I think we can not: 
>>
>> Mike Connor (a Mozilla guy :) said here [1]: 
>> "Firefox (the name) is equally protected and controlled by the same 
>> trademark policy and legal requirements as the Firefox logo.  You're 
>> free to use any other name for the browser bits, but calling the browser 
>> Firefox requires the same approvals as are required for using the logo 
>> and other artwork.
>> [...]
>> If you are going to use the Firefox name, you must also use the rest of the
>> branding."
>>
>> Mozilla may say that we are "lying" to users, because the name is named
>> firefox, but it doesn't contain Firefox.
>>
>> Discuss!
> 
> And I just found this old bug report:
> http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/5795
> 
> I don't know why I missed it the first time I searched for it.
>