license agreement

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

Bending to criticism from Linux users angry that it added a license agreement to Firefox , open-source developer Mozilla has admitted making a mistake and said it will strip the legalese from the browser's next ...

Bending to criticism from Linux users angry that it added a license agreement to Firefox, open-source developer Mozilla has admitted making a mistake and said it will strip the legalese from the browser's next ...

Practical Technology: "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."

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.

Cyber Cynic: "Grumpy Ubuntu users are snarling about Mozilla including a largely open-source irrelevant EULA (End-user license agreement) with the latest version of the Firefox Web browser.

Indeed, one user went so far as to file an Ubuntu bug report about the EULA."

Launchpad Bug Report: "Binary package hint: firefox-3.0
STARTING UP A CERTAIN 3.0.2 VERSION OF FIREFOX BROWSER MAKES AVAILABLE TO YOU A VERY CAPITAL END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT.

THIS AGREEMENT IS OBNOXIOUS and largely irrelevant to Ubuntu user."

Imagination Technologies announced today that they have secured a new multi-year, multi-use license agreement which gives an unnamed company access to the company's wide range of current and future PowerVR graphics and video cores.

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As free software projects grow, the successful ones attract participation from many developers and other contributors.

By default, each individual contributor owns the copyright in their own code, but this could be a problem down the line.

Enter the FLA - it helps keep the spirit of the FOSS licensing alive.

LinuxInsider: "A judge initially said that lack of attribution did not constitute copyright infringement, even though it was a violation of the license agreement."