Bug#642386: [iceweasel] Please remove mention of Microsoft DirectX License in about:license

Filipus Klutiero chealer at gmail.com
Thu Sep 22 04:43:05 UTC 2011


Package: iceweasel
Version: 6.0.2-1
Severity: wishlist

about:license mentions the non-free Microsoft DirectX License:

> This license applies to the following files; they are referred to 
> below as "Distributable Code": d3dx9_*.dll and d3dcompiler_*.dll.
>
> Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
> The Distributable Code may be used and distributed only if you comply with the
> following terms: (i) You may use, copy, and distribute the Distributable Code
> only as part of this product; (ii) You may not use the Distributable Code on a
> platform other than Windows; (iii) You may not alter any copyright, trademark
> or patent notice in the Distributable Code; (iv) You may not modify or
> distribute the source code of any Distributable Code so that any part of the
> source code becomes subject to the MPL or any other copyleft license; (v) You
> must comply with any technical limitations in the Distributable Code that only
> allow you to use it in certain ways; and (vi) You must comply with all domestic
> and international export laws and regulations that apply to the Distributable
> Code.
Thankfully these files are not in Iceweasel's source. Apparently these 
files are only in Windows builds, not in the source. They would 
therefore not be on Debian.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=630628 discusses these files.

I suppose the ideal solution would be for Firefox to only include this 
license in about:license on Windows.





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