Firefox trademark shenanigans (Re: Any chance of getting Firefox 2.0 into rawhide/FC6?)

[Rahul Sundaram]

Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote:

> It is true for Firefox. I was not speaking for trademarks on names in
> general. In the words of MozCo
> (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=354622):
> 
> "If you are going to use the Firefox name, you must also use the rest of 
> the
> branding."
> 
> We can't use the rest of the branding, because it's non-free.
> 

So is the Debian and Fedora's branding. The branding is part of the 
trademarks. It cannot be free or it becomes diluted and you lose the 
trademark. Strict enforcement is *required by law*.


Rahul