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Date:      Fri, 14 Dec 2018 19:42:09 +0000
From:      bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org
To:        ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   [Bug 234020] www/firefox: Do we have prior written permission to patch and use official branding?
Message-ID:  <bug-234020-7788@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>

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            Bug ID: 234020
           Summary: www/firefox: Do we have prior written permission to
                    patch and use official branding?
           Product: Ports & Packages
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Only Me
          Priority: ---
         Component: Individual Port(s)
          Assignee: gecko@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: cem@freebsd.org
          Assignee: gecko@FreeBSD.org
             Flags: maintainer-feedback?(gecko@FreeBSD.org)

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/foundation/trademarks/distribution-policy/

> You may distribute unaltered copies of Mozilla Firefox from Mozilla.org w=
ithout express permission from Mozilla as long as you comply with the follo=
wing rules:

...

> * You may not add to, remove, or change any part of Firefox, ...

...

> The open source nature of Firefox allows you to freely download and modif=
y the Firefox source code. However, if you make any changes to Firefox, you=
 may not redistribute that product using any Mozilla trademark without Mozi=
lla=E2=80=99s prior written consent and, typically, a distribution agreemen=
t with Mozilla. For example, you may not distribute a modified form of Fire=
fox and continue to call it Firefox.

> Changes requiring Mozilla=E2=80=99s prior written permission include (but=
 are not limited to):

> * Adding, modifying, or deleting source files,

...

> If you wish to distribute a modified version of Firefox with Mozilla trad=
emarks please contact us with your request at trademark-permissions@mozilla=
.com.

Notably, we carry 7 patches in www/firefox/files, modifying:

 browser/app/nsBrowserApp.cpp                            |    3 ++
 browser/app/profile/firefox.js                          |    8 +++---
 build/moz.configure/init.configure                      |   12 ++++++++-
 build/moz.configure/keyfiles.configure                  |    3 +-
 build/moz.configure/util.configure                      |    9 ------
 config/system-headers.mozbuild                          |   13 +++++++++
 dom/base/moz.build                                      |    3 ++
 dom/media/flac/FlacDecoder.cpp                          |    5 +++
 gfx/graphite2/moz-gr-update.sh                          |    7 ++++-
 gfx/harfbuzz/README-mozilla                             |    5 +++
 gfx/moz.build                                           |    8 ++++--
 gfx/skia/generate_mozbuild.py                           |    3 ++
 gfx/skia/moz.build                                      |    3 ++
 gfx/thebes/moz.build                                    |    8 +++++-
 intl/unicharutil/util/moz.build                         |    3 ++
 netwerk/dns/moz.build                                   |    3 ++
 old-configure.in                                        |   21
++++++++++++++++
 toolkit/library/moz.build                               |    6 ++++
 toolkit/moz.configure                                   |   20 +++++++++++=
++++
 toolkit/mozapps/extensions/internal/AddonRepository.jsm |    2 -
 toolkit/mozapps/extensions/internal/XPIDatabase.jsm     |    2 -
 21 files changed, 127 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

None of the patches seem to carry any documentation of approval from Mozill=
a.=20
Some are changes (?)misreport the OS as "Linux."

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