Rastus Vernon píše v Út 12. 01. 2016 v 00:09 -0500: > Debian and other distributions (Trisquel, gNewSense, GuixSD) have > used > unbranded forks of Firefox for years and I don't think this has been > a > problem for them. In any case I don't think we can call "drastic" > something that multiple other distributions do. Trisquel, gNewSense, GuixSD are not examples of particularly popular distributions, so not really good examples how the change cannot harm us. They target a pretty small user base which probably mostly appreciate such a policy. Debian is definitely more popular, but I still think our target audience is a bit broader, reaching segments where Debian-based distros are doing much better than Debian itself - Ubuntu, Linux Mint,... > The Debian and GNU projects consider Mozilla Firefox as proprietary > software because it does not meet the Debian Free Software Guidelines > or GNU's definition of free software. Fedora didn't follow that > stance. Yes, it'd be a bit hypocritical of Fedora to claim this is something bad since Red Hat does the same with RHEL. > I don't think whether we're using a fork or not is important. It'll > be > just as up-to-date, just as well supported by websites, and would > work > like Firefox so habbit would not be a problem. The Firefox name and > branding is a problem for Fedora (it prevents us from modifying the > browser), not a benefit. I disagree. As I already mentioned earlier in this discussion, Firefox is one of the strongest brands in open source. Using artificial brands instead of well-established ones won't do us any good as I think it has never really benefited Debian. Normal users don't understand it and see it as uncalled for. Jiri
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