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kubuntu-firefox-installer package

kubuntu-firefox-installer does not match trademark requirements - needs RC & UI Freeze Exception

Bug #457228 reported by Harald Sitter
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
kubuntu-firefox-installer (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Alexander Sack
Ubuntu ubuntu-9.10
Karmic
Fix Released
High
Alexander Sack
Ubuntu ubuntu-9.10

Bug Description

Binary package hint: kubuntu-firefox-installer

Kindly requested is a RC and UI freeze exception for 3 important changes to kubuntu-firefox-installer:

To comply with Mozilla's trademark policy it is necessary to exchange all occurances of "Firefox" with "Mozilla Firefox" especially one which reads like "Kubuntu Firefox Installer", suggesting that the installer is installing a Kubuntu Firefox. In order to not compromise translations, the upload will contain a copy of the latest po files with all necessary changes applied, overriding the present ones in Rosetta (ultimately resulting in a global word swap without introduction of fuzzy or untranslated strings).

Also, in order to apply the trademark properly the current icon (globe from Mozilla CVS) needs to be exchanged with the official Mozilla Firefox logo/icon as seen within the Mozilla Firefox package itself.

Additionally bug 439964 needs to be fixed by setting the KCODE variable properly as suggested in the KDE techbase [1]

[1] http://techbase.kde.org/Development/Languages/Ruby#String_i18n

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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote :

ack ...

the main trademark issue we have here is that we cannot use the word firefox with a non-firefox icon. So thats the main stopper. Also the current name "Kubuntu Firefox installer" is considered confusing and we are supposed to use "Mozilla Firefox Installer".

summary: - RC & UI Freeze Exception
+ kubuntu-firefox-installer breaches trademark requirements - needs RC &
+ UI Freeze Exception
summary: - kubuntu-firefox-installer breaches trademark requirements - needs RC &
- UI Freeze Exception
+ kubuntu-firefox-installer does not match trademark requirements - needs
+ RC & UI Freeze Exception
Changed in kubuntu-firefox-installer (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → High
Changed in kubuntu-firefox-installer (Ubuntu Karmic):
milestone: none → ubuntu-9.10
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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote :

i subscribed martin and colin (both members of TB) ... because Harald raised the issue that we would need TB permission to put the non-free firefox icon in the kubuntu-installer package.

For me it feels like this should already be covered by the standing exception for firefox as this would just be another copy of the same icon ... maybe in a different size. Can either of you (Colin, Martin) confirm that thats the case? Thanks!

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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote :

also subscribed ubuntu-release for the RC/UI exception part of this bug.

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

<release hat on> approved, not much choice here anyway. Thanks for fixing the translations on the way. However, I don't think there's enough time for that package to build and propagate the new translations through Rosetta, since we'll do the final langpack export tomorrow (and we can only accept this package after RC on Friday).

<TB hat on> http://www.ubuntu.com/community/ubuntustory/licensing explicitly allows non-free images for exactly this case. We already ship them in Firefox itself, so I see no reason to object against shipping them in k-f-i.

Martin Pitt (pitti)
Changed in kubuntu-firefox-installer (Ubuntu Karmic):
assignee: nobody → Alexander Sack (asac)
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package kubuntu-firefox-installer - 9.10ubuntu1

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kubuntu-firefox-installer (9.10ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low

  * Set KCODE to u, so that utf8 works properly (LP: #439964)
  * String change Firefox => Mozilla Firefox
  * Fix desktop file to not include file extension of icon
  * Use proper Mozilla Firefox icon
  * Freeze exceptions (LP: #457228)

 -- Harald Sitter <email address hidden> Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:30:14 +0200

Changed in kubuntu-firefox-installer (Ubuntu Karmic):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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