[Mageia-dev] Seamonkey package
andre999
andr55 at laposte.net
Sat Mar 19 11:33:43 CET 2011
nicolas vigier a écrit :
>
> On Thu, 17 Mar 2011, andre999 wrote:
>
>> nicolas vigier a écrit :
>>>
>>> On Thu, 17 Mar 2011, andre999 wrote:
>>>
>>>> nicolas vigier a écrit :
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, 10 Mar 2011, Tux99 wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Quote: Christiaan Welvaart wrote on Thu, 10 March 2011 23:26
>>>>>> ----------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>> On Thu, 10 Mar 2011, nicolas vigier wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Thu, 10 Mar 2011, Christiaan Welvaart wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Unfortunately the seamonkey name and logos are trademarked and the
>>>>>>> license
>>>>>>>>> terms are most likely not acceptable so it seems to me we'll have
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>> rename/rebrand it.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Is it different than firefox license terms ?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Same rules AFAIK, see
>>>>>>> http://www.mozilla.org/foundation/trademarks/policy.html
>>>>
>>>> Indeed, exactly the same rules.
>>>>
>>>>>> I don't see why we need to change the name. The policy says:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "If you compile Mozilla unmodified source code (including code and config
>>>>>> files in the installer) and do not charge for it, you do not need
>>>>>> additional permission from Mozilla to use the relevant Mozilla Mark(s) for
>>>>>> your compiled version."
>>>>>
>> ...
>>>>> And it seems mandriva seamonkey package also has some patchs :
>>>>> http://svn.mandriva.com/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/packages/cooker/seamonkey/current/SOURCES/
>>>>
>>>> These are mosty against obsolete versions of Seamonkey. (Which may predate
>>>> the current Mozilla policy.)
>>>
>>> This is the package for version 2.0.12, which is the latest version,
>>> released 2 weeks ago. Is this what you call an obsolete version ?
>>
>> Didn't notice that, about 5 pages down. And they were mostly localisation
>> modules, I assume unmodified. In any case, most correctives should be
>> available in (Mozilla) cvs.
>
> I'm not talking localisation modules, I'm talking about the patches.
>
> And I doubt you will find anything interesting for new versions on
> Mozilla CVS as they have been using Mercurial for a few years now ...
The Mozilla pages still use the term cvs.
In any case, when I have pulled patches from their system, it was via
links in their bugzilla. So I didn't pay much attention to which
versioning system they use.
--
André
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