[Leaplist] Ubuntu users now have to agree to Firefox EULA

Richard F. Ostrow Jr. rich at warfaresdl.com
Mon Sep 15 16:40:50 EDT 2008


Gentoo's been calling it "gecko" for nearly a year
<quote who="Hank Lambert">
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> It appears that Ubuntu is now requiring users to agree to a Firefox
> EULA before being allowed to use the OS in the next release. From what
> I've read, after installation, the user is presented with a EULA from
> Mozilla that they must agree to when booting the machine for the first
> time. Debian chose not to go that route by rebranding Firefox as
> Iceweasel. I wonder if this is going to become normal in Linux?
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> http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/09/14/195203
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> - --Hank
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