Will Firefox no longer be named Firefox?

[Constantine Evans]

Micah J. Cowan wrote:
> I agree that removing the very well-known Firefox branding has some very
> significant potential consequences. However, if we actually _are_ in a
> situation where we pretty much have to live in fear of even a
> theoretical revocation of permission (it's not at all clear to me that
> this is the case, only that the question has been raised by someone); or
> if our freedom to develop, or the freedom of our users, is hampered in
> some way, then the change in branding would seem well-justified, to me.

That isn't what I got out of reading the bug. From my reading, it
appears that the Mozilla Foundation *has stated* that it *will* to
revoke permission for Debian to use the trademark if Debian doesn't
either remove the trademark or submit *every patch including security
patches* to the Mozilla Foundation for approval *before distributing the
patch*. I see no reason why they won't do this to Ubuntu as well - in
fact, I think that our ability to use the trademark is based on
Debian's. They seem entirely unconcerned about the stability of
releases, and it appears that we will be required to make this change in
Dapper as well as Edgy. Given the tone, I would not be the least
surprised if they were to take legal action against us if we chose not to.

Overall, I'm dismayed at the actions of the Mozilla Foundation in this
regard.

Constantine Evans