[Mageia-dev] Seamonkey package

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
+