On Sat, 2008-12-13 at 16:16 +0000, Noah Slater wrote:
False. You cannot modify the Firefox logo.
This seems to be a matter of semantics. You cannot modify the Firefox logo, but you CAN replace it. The software itself is free, as you redistribute it as you wish, as long as it is unbranded. It is the brand, not the software, that is, unfortunately, non-free.
Firefox is the name of the software when branded as Firefox.
When branded as Firefox, with the logo and the name, the software is non-free.
It depends whether you believe that the software includes the logo and the name. Evidently, people's opinions differ on that point. I personally believe that the freedom of the software is based upon the freedom of the source, not upon the freedom of brand.