Comment 254 for bug 269656

I'm really not liking that Firefox sprung this on Ubuntu at such a late date. They HAVE to know that the release is coming up, so they're putting Ubuntu in a very hard place. As much respect as I have for the brand, shifty moves like that do NOT sit well with me, and erodes my confidence in the direction of the Mozilla project. It'd be enough for me to really want to use IceWeasel as the main browser. They're trying to force their morality on Ubuntu's brand, and if Ubuntu capitulates, it will be something that they can use to reinforce their non-standard behavior.

The only compromise I can think of that might be palatable is to have the initial homepage of Firefox be the EULA. The "agreement" only applies to the browser, so why have it any place other than the browser? Let the user see it there, rather than allowing Mozilla to dictate operation of any other part of the system. It's not their place.