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Firefox is NOT non-free, period. https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#MPL-2.0 https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#MPL-2.0
by quadrangle 13y ago
Firefox is NOT non-free, period.
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#MPL-2.0 https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#MPL-2.0
- pslam 13y agoNo, there are disputes over this, and it's exactly why there is Iceweasel in Debian: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Corporation_software_rebranded_by_the_Debian_project http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Corporation_software_re... It's not really a big deal, but the trademark restriction does mean you can't just redistribute Firefox as-is. Whether you count that as non-free is subjective.
- quadrangle 13y agoI agree there's some subjectivity but "you can't just redistribute Firefox as-is" is NOT subjective. That is flat out wrong. You can redistribute Firefox as-is. What you can't do is redistribute modified Firefox and keep the name.