Comments on: Mozilla No Longer Allows Firefox Community Editions?

By: Andy Mabbett

Andy Mabbett — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:20:09 +0000

Perhaps they took umbrage at your continued use of a Firefox2 download logo?

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 01:59:11 +0000

“But Mr. Dent, the plans have been available in the local planning office for the last nine months.”

“Oh yes, well, as soon as I heard I went straight round to see them, yesterday afternoon. You hadn’t exactly gone out of your way to call attention to them, had you? I mean, like actually telling anybody or anything.”

“But the plans were on display…”

“On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them.”

“That’s the display department.”

“With a flashlight.”

“Ah, well, the lights had probably gone.”

“So had the stairs.”

“But look, you found the notice, didn’t you?”

“Yes,” said Arthur, “yes I did. It was on display on the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard.’”

By: mkaply

mkaply — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:29:21 +0000

Can someone point me to one of these supposed malware Firefox Community Editions?

By: Harvey Anderson

Harvey Anderson — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:27:42 +0000

Thanks for pointing this out, we’re fixing the page. It shouldn’t be 404. The new text will include the rationale on why the program was discontinued, and clarify that there’s no impact on past users. The proposed termination was discussed publicly in governance late last year see: http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.governance/browse_thread/thread/2903bc645085b41d/30fbd6d708c2bb94%3flnk=gst&q=community+edition. The updates to the TM policy are still being worked on and will be posted to governance in the next few weeks. It’s taken longer than expected, but those changes are largely conforming relative to the discontinuance of community edition.

By: Kent James

Kent James — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:14:05 +0000

I’ve been following the blog threads about monetization surrounding the Mozilla community lately, and the general gist that I have is that at some level there is a desire to make it easier to do – but there are some significant conflicts with the overall community culture that have not been resolved. Efforts like FrontMotion I hope are appreciated. I certainly hope that they can find a way to allow such efforts to continue to use Mozilla trademarks in an appropriate manner.

By: Laurens Holst

Laurens Holst — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:11:37 +0000

Relevant thread in mozilla.governance (per the comment in the bug):

http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.governance/browse_thread/thread/2903bc645085b41d/6dd46ec1441a6b6e

By: Benjamin Smedberg

Benjamin Smedberg — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:07:31 +0000

The change in policy was proposed to mozilla.governance a while back: http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.governance/browse_thread/thread/2903bc645085b41d/30fbd6d708c2bb94?lnk=gst&q=community+edition#30fbd6d708c2bb94

But I’m surprised that it was only partly-implemented.

By: Smokey Ardisson

Smokey Ardisson — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:55:10 +0000

I recall seeing some discussion of the proposal a while ago on .governance (wow, it looks like it was all the way back in September!: http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.governance/browse_thread/thread/2903bc645085b41d/30fbd6d708c2bb94 ), but I don’t recall ever seeing an announcement that there was a final decision.