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A notable difference here (as opposed to other open source projects that have received the same treatment on SourceForge) is that Mozilla owns the "Firefox" tra

A notable difference here (as opposed to other open source projects that have received the same treatment on SourceForge) is that Mozilla owns the "Firefox" trademark, and has specific policies governing its use and the distribution of software that uses its name or branding: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/foundation/trademarks/policy/ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/foundation/trademarks/policy/ It specifically precludes distributing modified versions of the software or installer and still calling it "Firefox" (with which they seem to be complying for the moment), and also specifies the manner in which the name and branding are to be used in website copy, like putting a "TM" symbol after the first mention (with which SF seems not to be complying at the moment). In other words: Mozilla has power here and could force them to take it down if they wanted. And they should, in my view, if for no other reason than because SF have been jerks about this whole thing and this is finally a situation where someone can actually do something about it.

qbrass 11y ago
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- apendleton 11y ago
  Mozilla didn't submit it. SF took it upon themselves to republish Mozilla's content and marks. Mozilla isn't bound by these terms, and SF is bound by whatever terms Mozilla attaches to the use of its marks, since it owns them.
  - qbrass 11y ago
    >Mozilla didn't submit it. I admit I missed that.

qbrass 11y ago

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apendleton 11y ago
Mozilla didn't submit it. SF took it upon themselves to republish Mozilla's content and marks. Mozilla isn't bound by these terms, and SF is bound by whatever terms Mozilla attaches to the use of its marks, since it owns them.
- qbrass 11y ago
  >Mozilla didn't submit it. I admit I missed that.