Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 11th Oct 2006 14:46 UTC, submitted by brewin
As previously reported, Debian plans to release its newest version, Etch, in December, and wants Mozilla's Firefox Web browser to be part of the distribution. Mozilla, however, told Debian it couldn't release the software without its accompanying artwork. Now a legal expert says that the existing distinctions between copyright and trademark laws should have prevented this from becoming an issue in the first place. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols also discusses the issue.
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2006-06-03
They can't put firefox into nonfree AND use it as the default browser, that would break the whole free software ideal.
It may sound like a stupid dispute, but it is better to get the details hammered out now, rather than in the courts. From what I've read, Mozilla are trying to do something that is important, and the idea of keeping a central (quality) control of a particular piece of free software should be discussed and proper methods defined.
Too many distributions have had to pull releases / cut distribution based on legal disputes, Debian can't afford to do that.