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Date:      Fri, 14 Dec 2018 19:42:09 +0000
From:      bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org
To:        gecko@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   maintainer-feedback requested: [Bug 234020] www/firefox: Do we have prior written permission to patch and use official branding?
Message-ID:  <bug-234020-21738-m3GiszC1rm@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
In-Reply-To: <bug-234020-21738@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
References:  <bug-234020-21738@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>

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Bugzilla Automation <bugzilla@FreeBSD.org> has asked freebsd-gecko mailing =
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<gecko@FreeBSD.org> for maintainer-feedback:
Bug 234020: www/firefox: Do we have prior written permission to patch and u=
se
official branding?
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D234020



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

> You may distribute unaltered copies of Mozilla Firefox from Mozilla.org
without express permission from Mozilla as long as you comply with the
following 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 modify
the Firefox source code. However, if you make any changes to Firefox, you m=
ay
not redistribute that product using any Mozilla trademark without Mozilla=
=E2=80=99s
prior written consent and, typically, a distribution agreement with Mozilla.
For example, you may not distribute a modified form of Firefox 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
trademarks 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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