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LaminatorX
on Saturday March 08 2014, @07:10PM
from the Dude,-you're-getting-a-bill! dept.
from the Dude,-you're-getting-a-bill! dept.
lhsi writes:
"Mozilla are investigating reports that Dell is charging customers £16 to install the Firefox browser, according to The Register.
Mozilla's trademark policy says that you can't charge for distributing unaltered binaries of the software.
According to the BBC, Dell said that the money was being charged for the time and labour involved.
"In this particular situation, the customer would not be charged for the Mozilla Firefox software download, rather the fee would cover the time and labour involved for factory personnel to load a different image than is provided on the system's standard configuration."
A preliminary consultation with legal teams has stated at Mozilla, but is at an early stage."
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(Score: 4, Interesting) by jt on Saturday March 08 2014, @07:54PM
Now that's something I agree with 100%. I'm not sure how the EU-mandated browser choice tool fits into this, which was meant to allow each user to select their browser of choice when first starting their computer. IIRC, all the big names were there, and the order was randomized so IE wasn't necessarily the first / default option for people who just click 'OK' on everything.