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  1. 05-31-2009 #1
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    Cranky Old Nutcase by The Mad Hatter
    Interesting post I found this morning, on how Windows 'helps' open source.
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    Oh. My. God!

    Why don't they just make windoze update uninstall firefox????
    They clearly can't compete with it any other way...
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    That's just some underhanded sneaky crap right there!
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    And then you need to edit the register to remove it. The register! If you need to rid yourself of any illusion that a proprietary Operating System is easier or more user friendly than an Open Source Operating System, well then just go ahead and edit the register
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    I wonder what the legal position is here. The Mozilla license is much stricter than gpl; you aren't allowed to modify a program like firefox and then distribute it under the original name (that's why Debian forked off the "ice" suite).

    Now admittedly, Microsoft haven't modified actual code, they've just created a plugin, but it drastically changes the way firefox works. I'd call that a modification. And as Microsoft have done it and then passed it on to the users, it's a distributed modification.

    Also it sabotages firefox's security so they are passing off as an original Mozilla program something calculated to impugn Mozilla's good name.

    If I were on the board of mozilla.org, I'd be calling for a lawyer!
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    Microsoft once again can't create there own software
    just had to nick some one else's I think someone needs to learn programming all over again
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