Ice Dweezel
Live and learn.
I knew the Linux community was really into open software, but I didn't realize the fact that Firefox is trademarked with a registered trademark (S/N 78344043) is a problem for these open software folks. The solution? Take the Mozilla software and recompile it as Iceweasel.
Ice is not a fire and a weasel is not a fox, but 99% of the software is the same because Firefox is open source, just not "free."
Geesh
Read about it here http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/ and see if you can figure it out.
Here is a quote from Wikipedia...
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Debian was given permission to use the trademarks, and adopted the Firefox name. However, because the artwork in Firefox has a proprietary copyright license which is not compatible with the Debian Free Software Guidelines, the substituted logo had to remain. In 2006, Mozilla withdrew their permission for Debian to use the Firefox name, and Iceweasel was revived in its place....In August 2005, the Gnuzilla project adopted the IceWeasel name for a Firefox distribution using free artwork.
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Now just to make me more confused, Gnuzilla (the fake Mozilla) announced that the next release will be branded "IceCat." The reason given was that Debian (the new Linux software I am using) is already using the name IceWeasel so to avoid confusion the Gnuzilla project will change the name.
I am Iceconfused....
At least the software works, ethical or otherwise.
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