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On Friday 19 September 2008 15:57, Rob Beard wrote: > Ross Bearman wrote: > > After discussions with Canonical, Mozilla has decided to drop the EULA: > > > > In her blog, Baker wrote, "We've come to understand that anything > > EULA-like is disturbing, even if the content is FLOSS (Free/Libre/Open > > Source Software) based. So we're eliminating that. We still feel that > > something about the web services integrated into the browser is > > needed; these services can be turned off and not interrupt the flow of > > using the browser. We also want to tell people about the FLOSS license > > — as a notice, not as as EULA or use restriction. Again, this won't > > block the flow or provide the unwelcoming feeling that one comment to > > my previous post described so eloquently." > > > > Regards, Ross Bearman > > Well I guess in the short term it's good thing but I can't help thinking > that Canonical should really look into a plan B and be ready for Mozilla > pulling another stunt like this. > > I'm seriously thinking about switching to a different distro, my PC > hasn't been stable with Ubuntu 8.04, I'm not sure if it's a combination > of hardware I have (evil Nvidia drivers) or what but it just doesn't > seem stable. Maybe that'll change with 8.10, maybe not. I'm thinking > of checking out either Mint (if they have a 64-bit build) or the next > release of Debian. > > Rob I think theres not a lot to worry about here - the EULA was (stupidly) put up because Ubunutu broke trademark 'suggestions' from Mozilla. I've got a GNU produced CD rom of GNU software somewhere - it comes with a EULA. Try dropping GNU from your system! Tom te tom te tom -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html