Ubuntu
firefox-3.0 package

  1. Bug #269656
  2. Comment #427

Comment 427 for bug 269656

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Usama Akkad (damascene) wrote : Re: [Bug 269656] Re: AN IRRELEVANT LICENSE IS PRESENTED TO YOU FREE-OF-CHARGE ON STARTUP

Mark: Thanks very much for your effort and we all know you do great
things to free software.
Thanks and I hope some one close this bug. every thing was said.
We should show some gratitude for people who does help free software
even if Mozilla asked for EULA< that doesn't mean that they haven't done
any good ever. and doesn't allow as to be so ungrateful.

Mark Shuttleworth wrote:
> Scott Kitterman wrote:
>> I just read http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080917045510597
>> and I see Canonical/Ubuntu as being characterized as being on the wrong
>> side of this issue and I have to agree. The one avoidable mistake that
>> I think was made was to ship the version that required the click-
>> through. We could have done as Fedora did an stay with an earlier
>> version until this was resovled.
>>
> No, Scott, we absolutely could not ship what Fedora shipped, and I hope
> you will trust me that that is the case. We also would not have this
> current conversation if we had not chosen to ship what was requested,
> immediately.
>
> Mark
>