On 18 December 2017 at 13:08, Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 09:55:26AM -0800, Adam Williamson wrote: >> I think we should be concerned by this kind of behaviour on the part of >> the supplier of our default desktop browser, and we should express that >> concern to them. Assuming Fedora-as-a-project shares my concern, do we >> have a channel to communicate with them about this, and request >> assurances that they understand the seriousness of this, and that they >> have changed policies so that nothing like it will happen in future? > > Is there a fundamental difference between this and, if, say, similar > functionality were in the FF 57 release itself? > > I am not sure I understand your question enough to formulate what difference you are wanting. Since the addon was distributed POST install without user intervention, it would seem yes there is a big difference. If it were installed in FF57 then I wouldn't install/update to that version. If it is 'pushed' post install then it means that just using the software means that Mozilla can push addons to my desktop without my intervention or knowledge. This takes the browser from being my software to always being 'their' software which I am just using for their pleasure. It also brings up questions of what value add does Fedora have in actually distributing it if we can't 'stop' them from doing so. > > -- > Matthew Miller > <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Fedora Project Leader > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Stephen J Smoogen. _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
