Re: Does IceCat use Google's commercial Site Blocking Service?

[Sean Artman]

It seems that the key statement in the agreement regarding Free
Software is this:

"Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to limit any rights
granted under open source licenses applicable to the Product and to
corresponding source code versions of the Product."

Sean


On 8/30/09, Giuseppe Scrivano <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi Sinan,
>
>  it is not against the purpose of GNU, the purpose of GNU is to have a
>  Free operating system.  Trademarks are not a problem for this purpose.
>
>  That document seems outdated, please refer to this one:
>  http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/legal/privacy/notices-firefox.  In both
>  versions anyway I don't see anything against GNU principles, it is an
>  external service to use as-is.  I am not a lawyer to understand
>  consequences completely, does anybody know more about it and if these
>  services are a problem for GNU IceCat?
>
>
>  Giuseppe
>
>  Sinan Aykut <address@hidden> writes:
>
>
> > As I was reading the Service as saw these conditions in the text
>  >
>  > 3. PROPRIETARY RIGHTS. Subject to this Agreement and to all applicable
>  > licensing terms governing your use of the Product, Mozilla, for itself and
>  > on behalf of its licensors, hereby reserves all intellectual property 
> rights
>  > in the Services, except for the rights expressly granted in this Agreement.
>  > You may not remove or alter any trademark, logo, copyright or other
>  > proprietary notice in or on the Product. This agreement does not grant you
>  > any right to use the trademarks, service marks or logos of Mozilla or its
>  > licensors. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to limit any rights
>  > granted under open source licenses applicable to the Product and to
>  > corresponding source code versions of the Product.
>
> >
>  > http://fedoraproject.org/static/firefox/website-services-agreement.html
>  >
>
> > It seems like this is against the whole purpose of GNU. So we shouldn't use
>  > these services.
>
>
>
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