On 9/28/06, Rahul Sundaram <sundaram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote: > It's definitely late for such change to happen in the FC6 timeframe, > but we have to look further, and if we are to stick to the motto of > providing a distribution that is "free to infinity," then we can't > continue to ship Firefox under the name that limits what we can and > cannot do with the software. > Thats not true. Several projects enforce trademark guidelines. They hold restrictions on the name to ensure that their brand isnt spoiled. That includes Debian,Fedora and Linux itself. If there is pain in following the guidelines, you can rename it (see httpd vs apache in Fedora) but the trademark restriction by itself doesnt make the software non-free or incompatible with the Fedora objectives.
Suggestions for names: apache -> httpd firefox -> html-browser seamonkey -> html-suite thunderbird -> html-email sunbird -> html-calender -- Stephen J Smoogen. -- CSIRT/Linux System Administrator How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice" -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
