http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/13200/
This raises a number of concerns:
- the EULA refusal doesn't prevent the user in any way from using Firefox, therefore EULA's is just noise added to the user experience.
- the EULA agreement would make firefox a non-free application which should be moved to multiverse.
- refusing the EULA would (legally) leave the user without a browser in the default install.
- EULA approval on first start would make firefox less usable when using the Live CD.

So far the options are the following:

- Keeping firefox as it is, even with the EULA.
- Switch to Epiphany as the default webbrowser.
- Adopt IceWeasel from debian (which is firefox, with logo and brand replaced)

You can find the full discussion here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.0/+bug/269656

*** If you'd like to vote for keeping firefox as it is, vote this idea. ***

if you preferer to adopt IceWeasel vote this idea:
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/13201/

if you prefer to adopt Epiphany vote this idea:
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/13202/

[-119 votes] Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #13200


]]> en-us Sun, 14 Sep 2008 19:21:06 +0000 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:51:51 +0000 QAPoll module http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/13200/ Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:25:55 +0000
Forteller, I don't believe renaming is a problem actually. Because we can simply rename it Web Browser, but from the appearance, everyone will know its firefox. ]]> Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:58:53 +0000
Surely something can be worked out with Mozilla. Even if not: I agree that EULAs should be left for proprietary software (if that), but I think that switching away from Firefox shouldn't be a first option.

Anyway, another big point about keeping Firefox is that many websites support only Firefox, IE, or Safari. I wonder if even "Iceweasel" would work on all the sites that Firefox does on Ubuntu (user agent sniffing; and no, I don't think User Agent Switcher is an acceptable workaround unless it's totally pre-configured).]]> Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:13:50 +0000 Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:49:19 +0000
If you haven't noticed, they are horrible to read, and their length does not ease things.]]> Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:30:59 +0000 The EULA is pointless to end users - who don't need to agree it to use the product, even if it were possible to enforce click-wrap agreements, which it isn't.
The correct solution is not one of the choices given above - it's to work with Mozilla to find a sensible way forward with this that gives the end user as good an experience as possible - this is why Ubuntu has the wide usage it does after all !]]> Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:19:56 +0000
An example during install:

Licences
==GPL TAB== Textbox of the currently selected licence
==MPL tab==
==LGPL tab==

[agree] [ disagree]

1 click is all it takes to agree to all licences. You could also summarise the privilages in another textbox (ie. This licence requires that all programs based on it are free and open source, and is good for users).


You honestly cant say 1 click during install, with a summary too is not-user friendly. At least then users know the EXACT privilages of the licences they are using. Otherwise they are using software with licences they don't understand (which is how GPL gets abused, because there is no easily summarised versions of it for human beings).

For mass installations, a mechanism could be added to the installer to block the licencing message being shown at all. ]]> Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:24:03 +0000