Re: [OT] iceweasel vs. Firefox

Stephen Powell writes:
This is off topic, but why exactly did Debian have to rebrand Firefox
as iceweasel for their distribution?

Mozilla owns the "FIREFOX" trademark and threatens to sue anyone who
applies that label to patched versions. Debian backports security
patches (Mozilla refuses to do so).
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