Software EULAs

[Michael Tiemann]

Steve Hill wrote:
>
> There is a discussion currently going on in the fedora-list[1] as well 
> as Ubuntu's Launchpad[2] about the introduction of an EULA in FireFox 
> 3[3]. There is also a bug filed in Mozilla's bugzilla on the subject[4].
>
> An EULA does, of course, contravene freedom 0 of the FSF's four 
> freedoms (namely, the ability to use the software for any purpose 
> without restriction), which brings the freeness of FireFox into question.
>
> As a distribution founded on the principles of Free software, what is 
> the Fedora Project's policy on the subject?  There is talk of Ubuntu 
> dropping FireFox in favour of IceWeasel (which would have the same 
> feature set as FireFox but without the EULA) - are there plans for 
> Fedora to follow suit and treat FireFox in the same way as other 
> non-Free software, such as non-Free drivers, etc.?
>
> Whilst the signal to noise ratio on that Launchpad ticket is quite 
> poor, there are some fairly good points raised and it is worth a read.

We are also discussing at the OSI board level, FWIW.

M

>
>
> [1] 
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2008-September/msg01755.html
> [2] https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/269656
> [3] http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/legal/eula/firefox3-en.html
> [4] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=439604
>
>
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