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The last update has removed this much talked about EULA and in to something perhaps more acceptable to the OS community:

Groklaw: "So much for all those who thought it was a few extreme zealots making a big fuss over nothing. It was not nothing.

They were right. And now Mozilla has acknowledged it, to their credit."

Ubuntu users who couldn’t stand the idea of a EULA (End User License Agreement) for the popular Firefox Web browser are going to get their way.

The Mozilla Foundation’s chairperson, Mitchell Baker, has agreed to entirely remove the Firefox EULA.

That Mozilla demands Firefox display EULA in Ubuntu has caused quite a stir on the web - here's a bunch of the articles and comments related to the matter.

In a conversation with InternetNews.com, Mitchell Baker, Chairperson of Mozilla, admitted that Mozilla may not need both the EULA and open source license, with the EULA the likely casualty.

That said, there is a need for something in between the open source license and the user which is what Baker and Mozilla are actively working on.

Never before the comments of a Launchpad bug (#269656) was so much used as a discussion forum. Will Mozilla alienate more its users and help the market share of WebKit even growing faster?

At the current grow rate this bug will even become more popular than Ubuntu bug #1: defeat Windows monopoly.

Raise your voice before Intrepid is released.

Slashdot: Users of the upcoming Ubuntu release, Intrepid Ibex, are being confronted with an EULA the first time they launch Firefox.

Mark Shuttleworth says 'Mozilla Corp asked that this be added in order for us to continue to call the browser Firefox

TRS-80 writes "Users of the upcoming Ubuntu release, Intrepid Ibex, are being confronted with an EULA the first time they launch Firefox.

Mark Shuttleworth says 'Mozilla Corp asked that this be added in order for us to continue to call the browser Firefox...

I would not consider an EULA as a best practice. It's unfortunate that Mozilla feels this is absolutely necessary' and notes there's an unbranded 'abrowser' package available.

In the nearing Intrepid release, Firefox displays an EULA to the user the first time it is started. This brought a lenghty discussion on launchpad.Firefox’s EULA raises a number of concerns.

Firefox, what's not to love about this open-source web browser? Well, a number of users following the development work on Ubuntu 8.10 are feeling rather outraged over Mozilla Firefox 3.0.2 and later.

In the latest Ubuntu packages, Firefox requires an EULA be accepted the first time you launch the browser.