Firefox, seriousness, responsibility
The text below is sent and published as 12nd comment to a thread in Ubuntu Forums with an original post stating: “You could argue that Ubuntu’s new ‘official’ package of Firefox is not free software, as it doesn’t allow modification under the same name. I propose that Firefox should be moved to restricted.” That post is related with the repository policy of Ubuntu and sent just after the appearence of Firefox with its original logo in Ubuntu “Edgy Eft” RC, contrary to the past practice of Ubuntu.
Hello Dear Friends,
Let’s be serious and responsible: Are you trying to “punish” Firefox for it is not “free as desired to be” or am I getting it wrong? If this is the case, its childish. Firefox, with its whole body, is a free software. What’s more, its one of the two battering rams of the Free Software front against the walls and gates of the proprietary dominance, opening the way for not only the GNU/Linux geeks but also for the masses -the other one being OpenOffice.org and the GIMP may be on the row. Up to my knowledge, Firefox -or Mozilla- is not waiting for medals for this tremendous effort and great victories they already had, but -if you ask for my feelings- they deserve a little bit more respect than trying to teach them such lessons.
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