[Bug 269656] Re: AN IRRELEVANT LICENSE IS PRESENTED TO YOU FREE-OF-CHARGE ON STARTUP

[Pitabred]

I'm really not liking that Firefox sprung this on Ubuntu at such a late
date.  They HAVE to know that the release is coming up, so they're
putting Ubuntu in a very hard place.  As much respect as I have for the
brand, shifty moves like that do NOT sit well with me, and erodes my
confidence in the direction of the Mozilla project.  It'd be enough for
me to really want to use IceWeasel as the main browser.  They're trying
to force their morality on Ubuntu's brand, and if Ubuntu capitulates, it
will be something that they can use to reinforce their non-standard
behavior.

The only compromise I can think of that might be palatable is to have
the initial homepage of Firefox be the EULA.  The "agreement" only
applies to the browser, so why have it any place other than the browser?
Let the user see it there, rather than allowing Mozilla to dictate
operation of any other part of the system.  It's not their place.

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AN IRRELEVANT LICENSE IS PRESENTED TO YOU FREE-OF-CHARGE ON STARTUP
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